PEOPLE IN PRINT
April 1, 1986
Coloring and Constructing Worship
Open the Doors by C. Harry Causey, Music Revelation, $7.00
Worship Is a Verb by Robert E. Webber, Word, $12.95
Reviewed by David Shelley, pastor of worship and adult ministries, Sun River Church, Rancho Cordova, California
Increased interest does not automatically produce increased ability. Protestant worship illustrates the point.
The concern for genuine and significant worship has risen like helium the last few years. Thanks to burgeoning resources, we know more about worship, yet all the information has made us more willing than able. Few babies learn to walk by being convinced they should.
Harry Causey's Open the Doors and Robert Webber's Worship Is a Verb are good news for turning intentions into actions. Given the diversity of worship practices, these authors have taken on no easy task. Not every church will immediately build its services directly from these books. Many, however, will find their perspectives and suggestions practical.
Open the Doors suggests that churches develop a worship team, plan services unified around a theme, involve the congregation, and exploit the creative potential of every element of the service, directing the attention to God.
Causey calls himself a "free-lance minister of music." Prior to developing his speaking and consulting interests, he was with Richard Halverson at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., and spent the previous eleven years at College Hill Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati.
Causey wrote the book to help worship leaders "think creatively about what they are doing, to avoid the ruts," he said in an interview.
Sunday morning can provide "either a most fulfilling activity-or perhaps, the longest, dullest hour of their entire week if they've ...
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