Reading at home alone is tough unless someone has taught you the word of God. We have 1500 members and around 250 in weekly adult education. Something happened while worshipping. Worship is a powerful ingredient in the early church. It involved their whole being before God.
Worship requires attention.
It was very active - giving of yourself in every way. Ours is a rather stylized form of conversation between a congregation and God. Kierkegaard provides a helpful picture of worship. He says that too often worship is viewed in much the same way people take in a stage play. In this analogy, those in the congregation perceive of themselves as the audience, the worship leaders and musicians are seen as the performers, and God is though of as the prompter.