A Royal Waste of Time

Following up on her Reaching Out without Dumbing Down, Marva Dawn here insists that churches need to engage in a serious process of community discernment concerning worship in order to employ the best tools and forms, and she offers extensive reflections to further the discussion. Each part of A Royal "Waste" of Time begins with a sample Scripture-based sermon since Dawn emphasizes that the church's worship must follow biblical guidelines and form a biblical people.

Marva J. Dawn is adjunct professor of spiritual theology at Regent College.

Introduction	p. 1
"A Royal Waste of Time": A Sermon for Church Musicians on Colossians 3:12-17	p. 12
For the World: Culture
The Needs of Our Being	p. 21
Pop Spirituality or Genuine Story? The Church's Gifts for Postmodern Times	p. 37
Worship for Postmodern Times	p. 58
Setting Limits on the Media	p. 70
The Church as a Colony of the Kingdom in a Consumer Culture	p. 88
Worshiping God: The Splendor of our Infinite Center
"Why Are We Not Astonished?": A Sermon	p. 107
Don't Let the People Cop Out of Witnessing	p. 120
Ah, Nadja! - Passion in Preaching	p. 135
Keeping God as the Infinite Center of Our Worship	p. 149
"Everything Depends on the Resurrection": A Sermon	p. 159
Being Church: Building Community
"What If We All Were an Eye?": A Sermon	p. 169
Building Community in Worship	p. 178
Worship Is Not a Matter of Taste	p. 186
The Art of the Chef or Conducting the Symphony: In Praise of Authority	p. 194
For Those Who Grieve	p. 203
Being Church: Forming Character
"One Hundred B'rakhot": A Sermon	p. 217
Do They Really Want Such Banality? or Are We Really Hearing the Yearnings?	p. 224
Why Is a Catechumenal Process Needed in Contemporary Culture?	p. 240
Forming the Character of the Church's Children by Nurturing Their Minds	p. 252
"The Importance of the Word": Two Children's Sermons	p. 258
Being Church: Choices
"Worshiping God and Being Church for the World": A Sermon on Revelation 7:9-17	p. 265
What Do These Words Mean?	p. 277
In Praise of the Harder Way: Musings on Continuity, Ephemerality, Change, Faithfulness	p. 285
Criteria by Which to Plan	p. 296
Pause to Wonder ... Choral and Hymn Texts	p. 314
For the World: Challenges
"The Challenge of Discipleship": A Sermon	p. 325
Worship to Form a Missional Community	p. 333
Always Be Ready to Give an Account	p. 345
Asking New and Old Questions as We Remember the Future	p. 353
For Further Reading	p. 371
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