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By: Tyler Hansen

Tyler Hansen — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:02:21 +0000

Sometimes the congregation needs to be shaken a little, they need to have their cages rattled to realize they are partaking in something desperately important. That being said, less is way more. I was under a worship leader who would, on a nearly weekly basis, come close to getting angry with the congregation if they weren’t worshipping as he saw fit. He didn’t need a worshipping congregation, he needed Xanax and a vacation. On the other hand, if a congregation is acting out in corporate complacency, they ought to have their butts kicked a little. I suppose there is a third option. Some worship leaders may do it in an effort to force involvement and volume so as to convince their own battered ego they are doing a good job, that’s a load of stuff-you-step-in-that-you-have-to-wipe-off-on-the-grass-or-else-you’ll-track-it-in-the-house-which-is-bad.