Worship And The Art Of Remembering

Our culture is obsessed with the future, convinced that the answers to life’s biggest questions – identity, call, purpose, possibility – lie ahead of us. But what if the opposite is true? What if wholeness is found not in anticipating the next experience or achievement, but in remembering the past? In worship, we enact God’s saving deeds throughout history, bringing the past into the present. Remembering who God is and what He has done provides meaning and belonging. So lead your congregation into the transformative power of remembrance. Worship is not about novelty or relevance, but about grounding our fleeting lives in the eternal story of God’s faithfulness. The future cannot answer our deepest longings – that power resides in reconnecting with our story, with our Source who was, is and will always be.

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