This, of course, applies to a theme we care much about at Providence, which is how we worship. It’s not enough to talk about worship in generic categories, but we need to think carefully about how we worship. My presupposition is that healthy exhaustion should take place when we worship. We have worked, therefore, we have worshiped. If you come out of church and all you’ve been is a passive attendee, you’re doing it wrong. Worship is never a one-sided work. We are Protestants. We don’t think, “Hey, let’s let the professionals trained in theology do all the work and we just sit here as spectators.” If you feel this way, you may have walked into the wrong church building. We are here to exercise our ritual bones, to flex our liturgical muscles and to stretch our hands in adoration. Worship is the task of warriors.
-Transcript from a portion of today’s sermon on what it means to be a Christian ritualist
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