The following is reposted with permission from prolific author and faith columnist for the Kansas City Star, Bill Tammeus. In Bill’s Faith Matters blog, he provides excellent and free resources about religion and ethics.
Now it’s time for an important, rarely-discussed worship concept–aesthetics. Aesthetics are the way we summon that participation advantage.
In worship, we offer our best gifts back to the Source of all gifts. And small congregations have an especially powerful way of doing this work: Participation.