Prayer written by Craig Gardiner and used at the end of Real Life Worship Seminar at Baptist Assembly 2009
In a world where so much is false:
From the flowers on the restaurant table
to the shiny happy smiles on the TV
Lord, help us to get real.
In a world where so much else is fake:
from the tan lines on the beach
to the surgically enhanced beauties in the magazine
Lord, help us to be real.
In a world where my banana flavoured milk shake
tastes more banana than bananas
And we still know more about the lives of Posh and Becks
than we do our neighbours
Lord, help us to get real.
In amidst the branded logos
the spin and telepromted passion
Faceless banking,
virtual communities
and help desks where
a computer generated echo
assures us we are valued,
May our worship be real
and may our living be
an authentic sacrifice of worship.
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[...] I understand the point, and I support it wholeheartedly (and I love the prayer that forms the first substantial blog post), but I find the language odd – and actually [...]
It seems to me that the search for a ‘true’ definition of Real Life is something of a red herring.
My problem with so much of Christian worship is that it doesn’t reflect, or allow space for, my reality.
My reality is one of those hard places, of which Steve speaks. But I love it. It is where I belong, it is where I am rooted and comfortable. I don’t expect Steve in St Andrews to share that reality.
All I want is worship which allows space for the wide variety of human experiences of God.
Real life is multi-faceted and often contradictory. Why isn’t worship?
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