Worship Waffle

Well, a mini-discussion anyway

Whether a waffle or not

Or a soliloquy - talking to one's self

Will I get far with it?

Is it a sign of madness?

Well in some therapy ya talk to an empty chair

The madness is if the chair answers ya back!

 

But I don't know what I do want sometimes

What style of worship - quiet, noisy, whatever

To clap or not to clap?

To dance or not to dance?

No need for 'noise' just for the sake of it

 

No danger of too much noise in some places

They're dead as a door-nail

Lumbering on each week

As is said 'Like a mighty tortoise

Moves the church of God'

In some places anyway - not all!

 

Needing to overcome fears

In expressing worship

There are many choices

Not just 'doing the actions' for the sake of them

But there's - standing; sitting; kneeling;  praying;

Silence; praise; song;

Showing 'excitement', etc!

Jumping up and down generally

 

I'm quite traditional in my hymn-poems

Was brought up on 'traditional'

Yet many modern songs

Have the 'irregular' metres

Difficult to set to a 'formal' hymn layout

 

Some may say "Oh, I didn't think you

Would be a 'charismatic' worshipper

With your sort of personality"

Though that may not be the main point

 

Sometimes we don't know who has changed churches

And if so, where may they pop up?

Gone from traditional to charismatic?

Or vice versa?

Gone from CofE to RC?

Or vice versa?

And so on.....

 

Call some 'Happy-clappy', if you will

Though not all may clap

No-one insists we must all clap 

But they're generally all happy!

 

It won't go away

They'll dance and clap and what-not

Week after week

Not that I hate it; not that I despise it

But it's .... not my style really.

 

Hmmm....