Reaching Out without Dumbing Down: A Theology of Worship for This Urgent Time

by Marva J. Dawn

Instead of trying to force happiness or making the music more upbeat, the Church best renews its praise by gaining a fresh apprehension of God (p. 40). Because we have lacked new visions, we have let modern idolatries reduce God into such an anemic irrelevance that we must entertain people instead of introducing them to God. Keck