me too.

The phenomenon of women reading Scripture seems to flow from the idea that everyone has to be "involved" somehow; that God wouldn't want us to worship without having the opportunity to "take part" in worship. Somehow it is no longer enough to hear the lovely Word of God read by the elders of the church, to sing together, to be led in adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication, and to hear that precious Word faithfully preached. Somehow we have decided that I, TOO have to get up front and "use my gifts". It's truly a case of our own arrogance and sense of autonomy playing out. This is what has bred instances of little Johnny playing his drum (cute as that might be, it's got NO place in the gathered worship of the church), and every Tom, Dick and Harriet reading scripture.

Isn't worshipping together under the care of God's ordained undershepherds sufficient "participation"? Apparently not.

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Todd K. Pedlar
member, First Congregational Church, (CCCC) Cresco, IA
http://semperubi.rtrc.net

"Many men, after a long conversion, see more of the workings of sin in their hearts than ever they did before or at their first conversion. Now, such men have not an increase of sin, but an increase of illumination and light" (Christopher Love)


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