Worship

I believe the true role of the minister in worship is perplexing. One that reminds me a lot of the roles of Christians, to give Christ our burdens, but yet take up his yoke and follow him. We find refuge in becoming a slave. What I mean is we must submit our ministry to God, look to him, and allow him to use us.
As ministers, we must get out of the way and let God do his thing through us. Do we always get out of his way? No. We fail often and have to remind ourselves of just who our Audience is (i.e., God). But he's always faithful! He's been drawing the church into his presence for two millennia (not to mention the tabernacle & temple before that). His people have approached him over that time in numerous ways
But where do we draw the line between the work of the Spirit and our own preparation? We have/are a generation(s) that is tired of facts, figures, doctrine, logic, and appearances. Rightly so, in my opinion, though we ought not to abandon it all. We long for mystery, transce...