Sunday, May 31, 2009  What's Missing?  Lately I've been reading
in the blogosphere about the dire straits of worship in the
church and how it's trying to "get something going." This shows
up in the music, the entertainment sermons, and so forth. I
think this must be a true assessment since for the past three
years, during the summers, I take a few weeks off from my own
church here and there to visit other churches my larger area
(Northern Los Angeles County just above L.A. City). I go to all
types of churches within the "evangelical" tent. Some are
Charismatic, some Pentecostal, some non-C/P but kind of open to
the C/P worship expressions, and at least one very anti-C/P one.
Except for the one anti-C/P one, where I truly did sense the
glory of God and no one was trying really hard to "make
something happen," the rest were pathetic. And it's sad I have
to say the anti-C/P one was the best one. Among the worst were
the Charismatic and Pentecostal churches which seem to be dead
as a doornail. Of course, I didn't