Worship Matters Part 19 Chapters 23 and 24: Planned and Spontaneous, Rooted and Relevant

These two chapters continue the ideas concerning healthy tensions. Chapter 23 concerns the ideas of Planned and Spontaneous, we need to be prepared for situations that we cannot necessarily plan for. If someone stops singing or a person misses a cue we all need to adapt to that change and continue to play. The end of the chapter states that we need to practice with spontaneity in the practice sessions. By doing this we will be able to react relatively well to each other in the performances. We will also gain a better understanding of our fellow band mates and understand how they react in certain situations and help them. In Chapter 24 the main ideas are rooted and relevant. These are pretty big because the idea of worship is constantly changing from person to person. It may seem bad to be rooted in the past ways of worship but you can benefit from them, because you have a standard which you can always refer to in case you stray off the path too much. But it also pays to be relevant that way more people will understand and be able to connect with the new way.


I can apply this to my life relatively easily because chapter 23 occurred in my life pretty recently. This last chapel was a shock because the speaker was sick and we had picked the songs specifically for that topic and we had to choose a new set. Luckily, my amazing band members picked relatively simple songs in order to be prepared and to not stress the whole band out. In chapter 24 I can apply this to my life by have Part of me rooted in the past just to make sure I don't stray from the basic understanding of worship, but also venture out and try to find new ways to connect different people.