you say tuh-may-toe, i say tuh-ma-toe.

i have recently been thinking about the concept of worship. merriam-webster defines worship as "reverence offered a divine being or supernatural power." although this is a rather dry definition, i think it covers all the bases. i'm not as interested in what worship is though, as how one should worship. generally speaking, there are two schools of thought about this. the first is the traditionalist viewpoint. traditionalists see worship as going to church on sunday, or sabbath on saturday, or the mosque, etc. as the only true way to worship. for them worship is somewhat ritualized and best done when led by some knowledgeable religious figure. the second school of thought is that worship can happen anywhere, at anytime, with or without a learned religious figure, with a 1,000 people or just one. this is my school. class of '86. i don't think worship means being in a certain place, or reciting a particular crede, or anything like that. if i had it my way worship would be getting together with friends to enjoy their company along with food and drink. if human beings are God's most prized creation, then to enjoy one another and lift up one another seems like an appropriate way to worship God. this is not to say that traditional worship is useless. it certainly is not. however, i believe it has become for some the "right" way to worship. which is wrong. there are certainly wrong ways to worship, and wrong things to worship, but there is no one "right" way. so if you don't see me in church on sunday, don't worry. i'm probably enjoying food with friends, or partaking in a spontaneous late-night tennis game, or watching meteors streak naked through a crowd of stars, whatever happens to remind me of just how expansive and impressive God's creation truly is.