Part 1: Worship
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In worship we fall into the arms of God and say “Have your way with me.” The early church fathers sometimes spoke of a dancing Trinity. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit moved together in a rhythm of self-giving love. Worship is a response to God’s invitation to join the dance. It is a way we tap into what is true about us—we do desire God. As Ruth Haley Barton writes in Invitation to Solitude & Silence, “Your desire for God and your capacity to connect with God as a human soul is the essence of who you are.”
Spiritual disciplines are one way we join the dance and learn basic rhythms and steps that help us respond to God. Disciplines of worship put us in a place to be receptive and responsive to the Holy Spirit’s movements and invitations.
Though all disciplines lead to worship, for the sake of cataloging the disciplines, only classical worship practices have been included under the letter W. The classical disciplines of worship focus our attention on the beauty of the Trinity—the source of all that is good, true and beautiful.
“May the Son of God who is already formed in you grow in you—so that for you he will become immeasurable, and that in you he will become laughter, exultation, the fullness of joy which no one can take from you.” —Isaac of Stella