St. Da Kine

[the build-up to this post is on my livejournal blog - I'm moving over here to ditch the ads and have more fun with the layout. If you want to read what came before check out http://ktjhawk.livejournal.com/]

I'm in a call process with a congregation - which I'm calling "St. Da Kine." They are starting with a phone interview - ick. "Ick" because so much communication happens non-verbally and I'll be sitting in an office at the seminary, and to them, hundreds of miles away, I'll simply be a voice coming out of a box on the table.

I'm not sure I'm the person for this call, anyway. It's a congregation that has been struggling due to an old conflict and dwindling worship numbers. They've recently started a praise service, which they are excited about, understandably, but I have concerns about praise services, in general. Not to launch a worship war here (if anyone actually is reading this), but in general, the music tends to be theologically problematic - it most often presents an non-incarnational Christology, is very individualistic (more "I" than "we" in the lyrics), and is emotionally narrow - it's in the name, after all.

That all being said, I'm trying to be open to where the Spirit is leading and keep an open mind to the challenges and blessings of the new call - wherever it may be.