Editorial January 21, 1985 Issue

Worship that changes the world

ALLISON W. PHINNEY

When was the last time you thought about worshiping God? (Long pause?)

Probably for many it would be easier to answer a question about praying or going to church or believing in God.

But there's a significant distinction between belief in God and worship of God. Perhaps we can get some sense of how limiting it is to speak casually of belief in God if we consider what it would mean to say we had "belief" in a friend. In other words, if we simply expressed our belief that he or she existed, it would miss the whole nature of the relationship! It wouldn't be at all adequate to describe the richness and breadth of what that friendship means.

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