Finally, the new Sanctuary at Tampa Covenant Church is open and we are dedicating it today. Praise God!!!

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Justin has posted a response to the sixth post which can be found on his blog!

Confessions of a Futon Reformer

Likewise, I will have a Response to his response in the next day or two. Until then, we are thoroughly enjoying the conversations that are going. Looking forward to reading and discussing more in the future.

Justin Woodall potentially could still be my long lost brother. He is one of my best friends and currently serves as the youth pastor at Surfside Presbyterian Church in Surfside, SC. Justin is currently completing his M.Div. and possesses God-given insight into theology and the freshness of the Bible and how it applies to this post-post-modern (whatever) world that far surpasses his age.

Justin said this in his introductory post:

“Rich and I share a passion for our Reformed heritage and a desire to see our churches (both local and global) live out the mantra of the reformation, “Soli Deo Gloria”. We both would like to turn our hearts toward improving the quality of worship on our communities.”

Justin will be taking the premise, Worship is first theology and second, music. I however, will be taking the vantage point, Worship is equally theology and music. Like the sculpture above, what are we missing if one is secondary to the other?

Writing these posts will be a dialogue, a stream of conscious, and at times a sparring match. In this series we will address various the topics and many times we will critique, attack, defend, refer to certain areas as broken or decrepit, or lift up others. Usually all of that happens in every conversation that I have about worship. Long story short, some topics could ruffle some feathers. We welcome comments and a greater dialogue community and look forward to it. We would ask that any comments or responses remain cordial and respectful. As Justin said, It is our hope that on the other side of this series, we will have provided more insight into worship in order to grow the community of believers as a whole.

With that being said, Woo, the ball is in your court!

(By the way…I foresee this being a very long series!)

Responses will be found at Justin’s Blog, Confessions of a Futon Reformer, which is always found in my Blog Roll on the main page of my website.