Comments on: ★ The Church Service. http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-church-service/04/ Field Notes on Bi-Vocational Church Leadership in Suburban America Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:10:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy Hanson http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-church-service/04/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Kathy Hanson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=47#comment-63 I was just thinking about this last Sunday morning, wondering if all the time and energy and techy stuff we do nowdays is pleasing to God. Then the worship leader talked about Mary annointing Jesus with perfume that cost a year's work of wages. I think maybe we shouldn't lower the bar on Sunday morning, but we should raise the bar during the rest of the week. Our sacrifice of worship is integrated with every moment and every breath of our lives. I was just thinking about this last Sunday morning, wondering if all the time and energy and techy stuff we do nowdays is pleasing to God. Then the worship leader talked about Mary annointing Jesus with perfume that cost a year’s work of wages. I think maybe we shouldn’t lower the bar on Sunday morning, but we should raise the bar during the rest of the week. Our sacrifice of worship is integrated with every moment and every breath of our lives.

]]> By: Todd Hiestand http://www.toddhiestand.com/the-church-service/04/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Todd Hiestand Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.toddhiestand.com/?p=47#comment-64 Kathy, you're right. of course there is a place for corp. worship. in fact, a huge one! We should probably raise the bar at both ends even. I think we are missing an integral aspect of what the chuch is supposed to "be" when our focus is unbalanced like it typically is... Kathy, you’re right. of course there is a place for corp. worship. in fact, a huge one!

We should probably raise the bar at both ends even. I think we are missing an integral aspect of what the chuch is supposed to “be” when our focus is unbalanced like it typically is…

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