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Read because: I was looking for a book that had a more holistic view of worship.
Purchased from: Amazon
Rating: 8 out of 10
Synopsis: Worship is the dangerous act of waking up to God and God’s purposes in the world. But something has gone wrong with our worship. Too often, worship has become a place of safety and complacency. It can be a narrowly private experience in which solitary individuals express their personal adoration. Even when we gather corporately, we often close our eyes to those around us, focusing on God but ignoring our neighbour. But true biblical worship does not merely point us upward it should turn us outward as well. In this prophetic wake-up call for the contemporary church, pastor Mark Labberton reconnects Christian worship with social justice. From beginning to end, worship must do justice and seek righteousness, translating into transformed lives that care for the poor and the oppressed.
My Review: In my continuing quest to learn more about social justice, I picked up Labberton’s book. I was about a third of the way through it before I recognized that it was written by my ex-boyfriend’s pastor and that I’d seen Labberton speak before. It was an odd little coincidence. Anyway, I was searching both for books about social justice and, separately, about worship, and I managed to find this book that brings the two together. If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, you will know that I’m just not a music person. Music doesn’t speak to me like it does to most people. So I struggle with the singing portion of church services sometimes. I wanted a more holistic view of worship. Instead of just an hour of singing each week at church, worship instead should be defined as recognizing who God is and then doing something in response. That’s why people sing and fall to their knees and paint pictures and write songs and pray – these are all actos of worship. And Labberton argues that practicing social justice is another form of worship – recognizing that God is God and that He’s called us to free the oppressed and we should respond. I really liked this book, although Labberton’s writing style was a little convoluted sometimes. It made me think a lot about social justice as an act of worship and that if I do, in fact, recognize who God is, I should be moved to do something in response. (Finished 6/16/09)
