Comments on: don’t you hate a travelogue when you haven’t been there yourself? https://holdthisspace.org.au/dont-you-hate-a-travelogue-when-you-havent-been-there-yourself/ finding space to be different in a complicated world Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Judy Redman https://holdthisspace.org.au/dont-you-hate-a-travelogue-when-you-havent-been-there-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-84278 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:09:40 +0000 http://holdthisspace.org.au/?p=2006#comment-84278 This post reminded me that earlier this week I attended a “Living the Questions” session during which John Dominic Crossan (on video) posed the questions: What is the character of your God?; What is the content of your faith?; What is the function of your church?; What is the purpose of your worship? I think they’re all rather good questions to ponder, but in response to the last, I suggested that I try to create worship in which those attending can/might encounter God (I quite like the Divine Mystery as an alternative name, incidentally) and added that a genuine encounter with another changes you (and the other).

I was saddened that the concept of worship as a place where you might expect to encounter God was quite alien to most of the people there, people who have been sitting in pews for many decades and who are finding LtQ enlivening and wonderful. But maybe that’s why I am so often disappointed by worship services – I go with the wrong expectations.

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