Comments on: Evening worship http://loveandblunder.com/2007/02/12/evening-worship/ "To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair." - Walker Percy, The Moviegoer Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Devona http://loveandblunder.com/2007/02/12/evening-worship/#comment-489 Devona Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:35:46 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/2007/02/12/evening-worship/#comment-489 Oh yes. I want to be singing the doxology to myself while I drive, and I want my kids reciting the Apostle's Creed in the bath tub. The more we hear it the more we believe it, and the more we believe it the more it comforts us. Speaking of reciting the Apostle's Creed in the bath tub this reminds me of another blog post I wanted to write. Oh yes. I want to be singing the doxology to myself while I drive, and I want my kids reciting the Apostle’s Creed in the bath tub. The more we hear it the more we believe it, and the more we believe it the more it comforts us.

Speaking of reciting the Apostle’s Creed in the bath tub this reminds me of another blog post I wanted to write.

]]> By: Andy http://loveandblunder.com/2007/02/12/evening-worship/#comment-485 Andy Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:11:16 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/2007/02/12/evening-worship/#comment-485 The pounding on the kiddie-Bible with the rattle of course reminded me of Luther's agonizing exegetical sessions, in which he pounded on the text demanding to know what St. Paul meant by this or that. Apparently that was before Eugene Peterson's book came out (see your blog's subscript above). Or maybe Peterson came out first, and Luther thought he spoke a sloshy, low-brow form of German. I forgot we were talking about "worshipping formally as a family after dinner". I actually think that the Westminster Confession is instructive on this point: <i>"God is to be worshipped everywhere in spirit and in truth; as in private families daily, and in secret each one by himself, so <b>more solemnly</b> in the public assemblies"</i>. Your idea of rehearsing the liturgy while tidying up the kitchen is nice because it has formality in the sense that it's structured, but does not force the solemnity that accompanies public worship. The key idea here is, like you said, beating this best-damn-story-out-there into these little people biting our ankles. I think that in the process it really beats it into us big kids as well. The pounding on the kiddie-Bible with the rattle of course reminded me of Luther’s agonizing exegetical sessions, in which he pounded on the text demanding to know what St. Paul meant by this or that. Apparently that was before Eugene Peterson’s book came out (see your blog’s subscript above). Or maybe Peterson came out first, and Luther thought he spoke a sloshy, low-brow form of German.

I forgot we were talking about “worshipping formally as a family after dinner”. I actually think that the Westminster Confession is instructive on this point: “God is to be worshipped everywhere in spirit and in truth; as in private families daily, and in secret each one by himself, so more solemnly in the public assemblies”. Your idea of rehearsing the liturgy while tidying up the kitchen is nice because it has formality in the sense that it’s structured, but does not force the solemnity that accompanies public worship. The key idea here is, like you said, beating this best-damn-story-out-there into these little people biting our ankles. I think that in the process it really beats it into us big kids as well.

]]> By: Ellie http://loveandblunder.com/2007/02/12/evening-worship/#comment-484 Ellie Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:51:51 +0000 http://loveandblunder.com/2007/02/12/evening-worship/#comment-484 Yeah, Family worship is kindof funny with little ones...but it's still great. Today, we were trying to read Deacon a bible story, but he thought he would rather tell us the story both by "talking" very loudly over Andy and by banging his rattle on the book. Then, during our psalm singing, he kept on putting his finger deep into my mouth. It ended with us praying and Deacon nursing/sleeping. But its still a delight! Yeah, Family worship is kindof funny with little ones…but it’s still great. Today, we were trying to read Deacon a bible story, but he thought he would rather tell us the story both by “talking” very loudly over Andy and by banging his rattle on the book. Then, during our psalm singing, he kept on putting his finger deep into my mouth. It ended with us praying and Deacon nursing/sleeping. But its still a delight!

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