Shout

When I was a college student at New Mexico State University, I also worked as an intern in a campus ministry. One summer our campus minister had to leave town for a couple of weeks.  He left me in charge. Gave me the keys to his office. Told me to run the show. I loved it. I could do what I wanted.

But I didn’t realize that with great power….that’s right, comes great responsibility. Being in charge can be fun. But it can also be frustrating. Like the day I had to talk to two college students about worship. Both of them had stopped attending our church’s worship services. And with the campus minister out, it was up to me to address the infraction. The conversation was dismal. This was back in the late 1980’s. But even then there were seeds of the now popular “give me Jesus but not the church” kind of mentality. Both college students explained that they loved God. Read Scripture. Prayed. But they didn’t see the big deal about attending worship services. So they stopped coming. And my conversation did nothing to change their minds.Read More »Circles and Rows: A Call For Corporate Worship (Psalm 95) Chris Altrock 9/7/14