“For: The Institute Of Contemporary And

Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephen’s

University, Essentials Red Online Worship History

Course with Dan Wilt”

I had a dream last night, maybe because I was pondering how to get through this lesson. I was at a worship leaders retreat. As the activities progressed I found myself not as a participant but as an observer. The dream was pretty much uneventful, up until the ladder part. The scene was set out in a thick forest. I found myself separated from the main group. It was getting dark when I heard singing coming from the group at a pretty good distance. I stopped to pause when the singing turned into a free form worship, there was praising mixed with tongues all in a full range harmony. At once a Shalom, a great peace fell on the land like no other.

The freshness of scripture filled music in the public square I think would be a tremendous expression of the heart of god. The power of prayer must be shared and taught to everyone in a language we can understand. Jesus came to us as a man so we could understand his message. Likewise we can use the language of public prayer and scripture reading to reach out and to edify and remind each other of the wonderful gift of Jesus.

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