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Originally Posted by InOmnibusCaritas
OBW, you are now anglican/episcopalian?  |
Nowhere close. Bible church but with some appreciation for aspects of liturgical forms of worship.
I believe that Christian worship is more correctly less gospel message and more preparation of the family. It needs more focus on God and who he is and less on us and our needs other than our continued need for repentance. (A good Kyrie without the Latin/Greek would be a plus to me.) In some ways very different from what I sit through every week. But those are not the drivers. I still am closer theologically with my current location(s) and would rather see forms change around that than chase a form and find myself theologically a fish out of water. I prefer open communion though a more contemplative time for it is better than the typical. While we can argue that the LCM did communion fairly well, it was really two different kinds of meeting wrapped together. Not bad but too controlled.
Funny that I like more modern worship style, but find a lot of its content too "me" oriented. There are plenty of ways to have modern worship with hymns (without simply supplying a new tune) and plenty of more truly God songs in modern music. But too often there is a propensity to focus on "me" and what I get out of it in worship.
I want a church that is involved in the community it finds itself in. My previous church was better at that than the current, but they are not uninvolved and there is movement in that direction.
Our needs are not unimportant. But in other settings surrounding the main worship there is place for that.
Last, I feel that the propensity for ad-libbed prayers is not always a plus. It is doubtful that the Psalms were simply penned freeform with no editing. They too often fit a meter of Hebrew poetry. And there is less clichéd praying when it is considered rather than just boot-strapped.
So these prayers from the BCP or similar sources are quite appreciated. Don't worry about the tradition they might come from, but rather the content.