I get asked very often about my philosophy on worship.
At first I used to giggle-- thinking, SURELY this is a joke. Of course
I'd be half a breath into my giggle and realize CRAP.. this is an
actual question.

um....philosophy.....
can you use it in a sentence...  I mean, ANOTHER sentence.

At first-- back in the beginning-- I figured I should get this worked
out.  I should take time to sit and think, perhaps pray-- maybe read
something by Bono or CS Lewis-- come up with some good thoughts of 'my
own'.
Then I would forget
Until the next time
Then I would think.....then I'd forget... then I'd......
you see the problem.

Years pass and I start to notice that worship schools, conferences,
seminars, (I'll save 'worship as a GENRE' for another time)  are
cropping up EVERYWHERE-  And all I'm doing is leading worship....
without any philosophy underpants on.

Here's the deal.
Worship is a reality.  A truth.  An entity.
It's not a argument, an investigation, or a critical study of sorts.

Worship (of God) is what you do when You love Him; are confused by Him;
sense Him on your skin; are angry with Him; wish to express thanks to
Him; have been  humbled by Him; feel nothing of Him; wish you could be
better and know that you never will.

and I just can't see that taking a whole semester.

When Woodstock was uncovered by business men, rock and roll became a
commodity.  Likewise, when worship of God became something to study we
should have known the whole heart of it was ...uh... sunk.