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A Heart of Worship: Experience the Rebirth of Worship
A Heart of Worship will energize and invigorate your worship life, changing forever the way you view your potential, ability, and experience worship.The book is filled with inspiration to ignite in you worship the Lord seeks. You will How to instill passion and power in your worship* Keys to renewing worship* The importance and relevance of worship* A renewal of worship* How to empower your worship with awe and wonderA Heart of Worship contains a special section for pastors and worship leaders revealing tips to leading the Lord's church into whole-hearted worship.You will find a rebirth of excitement and purpose in your worship life as you discover a Heart of Worship.
262 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1994
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July 14, 2012
At 168 pages, A Heart for Worship is not a long or difficult read. It's also quite old (and now out of print), so the issues it deals with aren't necessarily current, although no doubt many churches need to hear it's message.
I found the experience of reading this mixed. In some parts, particularly near the beginning I found Boschman a bit simplistic and felt he asserted opinions a little too dogmatically. Nevertheless, he does seek to exegete the scriptures, albeit without too much depth. Not that I disagreed, I was just put off by his style in these places. He also covers a bit of theology, the character of God, in order to encourage reflection and response, which he argues (rightly) that true worship flows from. But these were of necessity treated without depth and I found them uninspiring.
Fortunately, the latter parts of the book made up for that minor annoyance. He provides an excellent, if light, introduction to the history of worship and how we've got to where we are. This in itself made the book worth the read. I also found a few parts personally challenging - his exhortation to dip into the liturgical calendar, although again he stayed with the safety of the main festivals - Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and Pentecost (although Advent and Lent probably aren't celebrated in to many Evangelical/Pentecostal churches). He also gives a good argument for and explanation of liturgical dance.
If you're a worshipper and have a reasonable handle on church history this book might not be worth the effort. If you need a bit of a push in worship this book has an important message... if you can track down a copy.
3 stars = I liked it, with some reservations.
I found the experience of reading this mixed. In some parts, particularly near the beginning I found Boschman a bit simplistic and felt he asserted opinions a little too dogmatically. Nevertheless, he does seek to exegete the scriptures, albeit without too much depth. Not that I disagreed, I was just put off by his style in these places. He also covers a bit of theology, the character of God, in order to encourage reflection and response, which he argues (rightly) that true worship flows from. But these were of necessity treated without depth and I found them uninspiring.
Fortunately, the latter parts of the book made up for that minor annoyance. He provides an excellent, if light, introduction to the history of worship and how we've got to where we are. This in itself made the book worth the read. I also found a few parts personally challenging - his exhortation to dip into the liturgical calendar, although again he stayed with the safety of the main festivals - Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and Pentecost (although Advent and Lent probably aren't celebrated in to many Evangelical/Pentecostal churches). He also gives a good argument for and explanation of liturgical dance.
If you're a worshipper and have a reasonable handle on church history this book might not be worth the effort. If you need a bit of a push in worship this book has an important message... if you can track down a copy.
3 stars = I liked it, with some reservations.
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