D Balanced worship. Worship that includes both koinonia with God and with each other. Worship that is both formal and informal. Worship that is both joyful and reverent. Let me tell you what that means for us in the Trinity Christian Reformed Church today.
Balanced worship means lively songs can be interspersed with more somber songs.
I came across this quote this past week. It comes from a Gordon Dahl. Most middle-class Americans tend to worship their work, to work at their play, and to play at their worship. As a result, their meanings and values are distorted. Their relationships disintegrate faster than they can keep them in repair and their lifestyles resemble a cast of characters in search of a plot.