In contrast, a worship minister operates from a position of vulnerability. Unlike the performer, the minister sets up the music in such a way that the people have to complete it. Well, what helped me was going back to the Scriptures and then taking courses in theology and seeing myself not primarily as a minister of music but as a minister of the Word and a minister of the peoples' prayer. I found that the more I knew about traditions of the past, the more I felt confident that I was on the right track. It is so hard because we all want to be good ministers.
Many good musicians have very good intentions.
But most of us don't have the background in theology and study of the Word to understand what it really means that music becomes the tool rather than the end. What is needed are study programs for those who would become ministers of the Word with music as a tool. Music and theology have to be taught side by side. Music and Recordings GIA is the most frequent publisher of Haugen's music. All rights reserved.