Overwhelmed and Challenged… by Essentials Blue

For: The Essentials Blue Online Worship Theology Course with Dan Wilt.

I have been on a journey into Blue. Essentials Blue, that is. I have been "Stumbling into Mystery" as Dan Wilt puts it with the title of his eBook. I am attempting to grasp that which cannot be contained in my finite brain.

My journey begins with the echos of voices that point beyond themselves. The "longing for justice, the quest for spirituality, the hunger for relationships and the delight in beauty". (NT Wright, Simply Christian, Introduction page x). Which of these voices cries loudest to me? How are the worship songs being used today doing in expressing these voices? What about the songs I'm using?

Thoughts surrounding the echos swirl in my head. Every time I think of a song, I now run it through the paces, so to speak, to see if, what and how it handles these voices. But then, that was the point.

Which voice gets the most credit? Which voice seems to be neglected or inadequately expressed? How do I interpret these voices in my own life?

Questions have been raised. Answers are illusive.

I know the pieces will fall into place as the course continues, but the issue for me is that I am only 1 week away from teaching a series of classes designed to identify, train and equip worship leaders for my church's cell group ministry as well as our healing prayer ministry.

How do I capture and communicate the essence of worship Theology, that which I have been swimming in for only a week, in a 90 minute class? It seemed easy enough - until I dove in.

Now, I'm going to go try and stare at the sun. (NT Wright, Simply Christian, Part 2)