Profound Worship Experience (Ian and Helen Collinge)

Perhaps the most profound experience of this leaders’ conference was the opportunity to work with some folk in an Indian-style gathering format, adapted to our international group of maybe 90 participants.

While Ian led the music, we were guided in biblical concepts and forms of pure devotion that have special resonance for truth seekers in the Indian context. It was a beautifully fluid time that moved easily back and forth between scripture, explanation, song, movement, and questions to the leaders.

It is difficult to describe such experiences, but I could say that we discovered in this a depth of worship that can less easily arise with the romantic style and lyrics of worship songs that use the love song genre as a model, uplifting though many of these can be. Perhaps the problem is that romantic language is designed to express love between equals. Indian devotional songs are for the One who is unlike us in so many ways, beyond our reach yet so near. These are intimate in a way that leads us bow at the feet of the One we serve and worship.

Profound Worship Experience (Ian and Helen Collinge)

Perhaps the most profound experience of this leaders’ conference was the opportunity to work with some folk in an Indian-style gathering format, adapted to our international group of maybe 90 participants.