Worship that focuses on God and God's mystery, holiness, grace and love restores us to a healthy and open relationship with our Creator and our neighbors The church worships. I am comforted by that thought. There are times when I cannot worship because I am too distracted, or worried about the sermon, or wondering what's for lunch. But the church worships, and invites me to find my place and to join in. The church has been worshiping before I arrived on the scene and it will go on worshiping after my voice is silent.
Worship begins in wonder.
Frederick Buechner suggests that religion is a response to mystery. That's how it begins in the Bible. Moses, hiding out in the wilderness, sees the bush in flames and hears the voice. Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.' . . . Biblical religion begins with a mystical experience that cannot always be explained rationally.