Anyone in search of creative ways of thinking about worship in just about all of its aspects will find this work richly rewarding. He recounts how his growth in artistic appreciation progressed over the years, how he came to recognize its importance in the worship life of the church. Unfortunately, Hustad contends, some Protestant sectors have not given the arts much space except in music and in architecture so that one suspects the arts have had only marginal acceptance. He makes a convincing plea to value the best in music and supports high standards. Hustad also makes a case for the training of worship leaders, both laity and clergy, in speech skills in order to honor the words of worship.
Unskilled speech is like untrained singing.
It does not do justice to the meaning of the words. The Reverend Paul T. Dahlstrom is the author of Worshiping Present and Future Hope and a collection of poetry, Love Has A Thousand Ways.