A Life of Praise

In a conversation with a friend the other day, I was reminded of the phrase "rhythms of life." All sorts of images flooded my mind. The everyday, normal and routine things that we do that define our life. There are certain rhythms that we have individually, with our family, our work, and our faith community. There are rituals that move us throughout the days, weeks and years. In the rituals of our faith community, we are reminded that a central theme to our life as a community together is worship.

I'm not talking just about the one hour we gather to sing and hear preaching, but rather worship that is woven throughout the rhythms of our lives. This week, we explore the fourth in our series on rethinking church as we seek to have a "life of praise."It is most appropriate to do this on All Saint's Sunday when we are reminded of those who are now a part of the eternal communion of saints but who remain a part of our rhythms of life in memory and through what we learned from them.

As we are preparing to gather again this Sunday, I wonder what a life of praise really means? How does it become a part of our rhythm of life, and more importantly, how are we transformed through the art of praise?

Jimmy