You guys are going to love this. . . . . .

By now, you should have received our Worship Design Team Summer Reader. This fantastic collection of articles and essays captures the conversation we are attempting to incarnate through our worship design work. I know you may be a bit fatigued in the reading department--- but I promise---- this is stuff you want to read. Please engage with it and lets enage on the ideas through this venue.

Some Guidance for our Summer Worship Design Reader (i.e. Rules of Engagement)

1. Think of this reader as an artists palate for worship design. There are three primary colors: red, yellow and blue—Story, Trinity, World. It’s not paint by numbers. The articles will cross the boundaries of the subject headings. It’s going to be a messy read. Colors are going to get mixed up and blended, but that’s the point. Don’t feel like you have to read this in order. In fact, if you don't connect with an article within the first two hours of reading-- skip to another. ;-)

2. Read with a highlighter and a pen. Mark it up. Engage it. Write in the margins. Often in reading something your mind is stirred to make other connections. Capture those immediately by writing them down. It will be useful in coming back to it later.

3. Blog some of your more developed thoughts. Start your own blog and use it as space to work out some of your less developed ones. Tell us the web address and we’ll have fun getting involved with you in this way. Try www.blogspot.com It’s free and can be done in 3 quick steps. We in the Chapel office are a “blogging” culture—which is to say we look for every possible way to grow meaningful relationships. You can see those of us who have blogs by looking at www.asburyblog.net year.

4. Immerse yourself in the Story of Scripture this summer. This is the primary text. Ask the Spirit to take what may have become a “work-place” and make it a home for you again. Camp out in our Hebrews 11 project-- day and night.

5. Spend time in prayer for one another, for the seminary community and for our worship work in the coming school year. As Paul says, “And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.” (eph 6:18) Don’t you love the freedom Paul inspires with respect to prayer here!

6. Enjoy God this summer. Get lost in His love and remember that the more you enjoy Him—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—the more He enjoys you. Is that true? It sounded good. Give it a think and a try.

Now-- go back to the prior post on the "Lewis Admonition" and get involved in the conversation.