Should we have fun in worship?
Yes!
Why?
Because among all the other things, worship is a celebration of the gift of life! Life is God's gift to us. Life is good. Sacred life is absolutely stunning.
As we enter a worship space, or whenever we consciously, purposefully acknowledge that we are in the presence of God, we open ourselves to a depth of joy that is true and will always be true, no matter what is happening in our lives.
Life is not always fun. When difficult things are going on in our lives and we bring those things to God's presence, with all the courageous honesty about ourselves that we can muster, God's joy will sit next to our grief, our sadness, our fear, our anger, and will befriend us and our hard times. In that befriending, our tragedies, our fears, our rage will be transformed into opportunities for a greater depth. We grow. We find new resources, new ways of seeing and understanding, and we will be more available for God's gift of sacred life.
Worship is one of the places where we practice bringing our courageous honesty and opening to God's presence, this Sacred Center, this transcendant joy. And ultimately, yes, that's fun!
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