tonight - sol cafe

On Sunday, September 9th, the sol cafe will be meeting at around 5ish at Cafe Dabar for an evening of worship, and the discussion of worship.

For some people, "worship" is simply churchenese for "music." In particular, it is music sung for a very specific purpose -- the worship of God. In that spirit, it is music meant to be delivered in community and with a particular attitude, not merely as background music or entertainment. The point is not how well you sing or how musical you are, but that you join in the communal act.

For other people, worship is something more than just music. It is still something to be done with a particular attitude. Or with that same specific purpose. Or maybe it is just the attitude with which you do all things.

Maybe they are both right. Maybe it is something in between. But for this Sunday, we can say this for sure: we will be having music for the purpose of celebrating God together, and we will be talking about it too.

Not sure how this will be fitting into the evening yet, but the readings for this week from the Revised Common Lectionary are listed below. Maybe the Psalm 139 reading would be a good place to start?

Jeremiah 18:1-11
Psalm 139
Philemon 1-21
Luke 14:25-33

I figure we will just get lattes and pontificate.  Or something.  Drop by.

Comments

[Mrs. Falstaff]

Using the word "worship" to mean church music is a pet peeve of mine. This is the Webster's definition of worship:

Main Entry: 1wor·ship
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English worshipe worthiness, respect, reverence paid to a divine being, from Old English weorthscipe worthiness, respect, from weorth worthy, worth + -scipe -ship
1 chiefly British : a person of importance -- used as a title for various officials (as magistrates and some mayors)
2 : reverence offered a divine being or supernatural power; also : an act of expressing such reverence
3 : a form of religious practice with its creed and ritual
4 : extravagant respect or admiration for or devotion to an object of esteem

There isn't a single mention of music in the definition. God most certainly can be worshipped through music, but worship is so much more than just music. Wish I lived near enough to drop by and take part in the conversation!

[Anthony]

i personally think god uses the oed.

[Mrs. Falstaff]

...And speaks with a British accent? lol