Tonight was Discernment Committee meeting night. We are going through the Marks of Discipleship (put forward originally by Michael Foss in his book "Power Surge") one by one after reading about that particular mark of discipleship in another of Michael Foss' book "Living the six Marks of Discipleship: Real Faith for real life". Tonight's discussion centered on weekly Worship.

I am not going to recount everything we discussed at the meeting, but just write down a couple of things that have come to me since. I was re-reading the chapter after the meeting trying to clear something up in my mind when I came upon this line: "Worship is our invitation to come into a time and place where heaven and earth touch". That, I think, is for me the best explanation of what worship is. It allows for different methods of accomplishing that purpose while having the same end result.

The other thing is really just me being picky again. I would say that if you are by yourself you are not worshipping, you are praying. Worshipping to me involves being part of a faith community, or as it is put in the Bible "in the company of saints".

God Bless You!