Both/And

The Kingdom of God is truly both/and. There are twin dangers:  If we get so focused on the spiritual that we ignore temporal needs, we’re not living like Jesus did, and so no wonder people are critical. On other hand, we can’t forget the very last thing Jesus told us...

Congregational worship gathering

This entry concludes a week-long series from guest blogger Doug Lee on whole life worship. This last of the four forms of worship that we’ve looked at this week is often the hardest for missional churches. In many missional churches and house churches, the extent of...

Whole life community

This entry continues a week-long series from guest blogger Doug Lee on whole life worship. A unique kind of worship can take place in small communities. We can come together and share with each other our experiences of God throughout the week. These can be experiences...

Worship in the everyday ordinary

This entry continues a week-long series from guest blogger Doug Lee on whole life worship. Worship in the everyday ordinary is just that:  being able to worship God with our daily lives, in our work, our school, our driving, in the marketplace. Worship of God can be a...

Personal worship time

This entry continues a week-long series from guest blogger Doug Lee on whole life worship. Personal worship time, the first of the four types of worship, is our one-on-one time with God. This is how we center ourselves, surrender to God, and fill with the Spirit. We...

Whole life worship

This entry begins a week-long series from guest blogger Doug Lee on whole life worship. When I was leading worship at a large church, I could see how people connected with God in the moment during a worship service. People could worship well in that hour on Sunday,...