Author of Reaching Out without Dumbing Down, Marva Dawn here insists that churches need to engage in a serious process of community discernment concerning worship in order to employ the best tools and forms, and she offers extensive reflections to further the discussion.
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Marva J. Dawn serves the global Church as a theologian, author, musician, and educator under Christians Equipped for Ministry and as Teaching Fellow in Spiritual Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. A scholar with four master's degrees and a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics and the Scriptures from the University of Notre Dame, Dr. Dawn has taught for clergy and worship conferences and at seminaries throughout the world. She is also well-known and highly appreciated as a preacher and speaker for all ages and sometimes contributes to worship by means of her musical gifts. She is the author of more than fifteen books and is happy married to Myron Sandberg; they reside in Washington State.
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72 of 74 people found the following review helpful
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This book is very helpful in understanding and interpreting our postmodern culture as it impacts worship. The author describes God as our "Infinite Center", and worship as "immersed participation in all the fullness of God's splendor." She emphasizes the need to "be Church" to our culture. The author also deals candidly with many of the music issues affecting worship today, especially the "traditional" versus "contemporary" struggles, and worship and evangelism issues. While many authors offer practical suggestions for "what works," she gets to deeper levels, reminding us that worship is not a matter of taste, that evangelism itself should not "drive" what happens in worship, that we cannot sacrifice substance for style. Throughout the book, she reminds the reader that she is not seeking to provide answers for "being church" in our culture, but she invites us to ask better questions about the meaning and purposes of worship in postmodern times, and how our worship practices form us to be God's people. Reading this book is definitely not a waste of time!
22 of 26 people found the following review helpful
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Those who have read anything by Marva Dawn will love "A Royal 'Waste' of Time." Those who aren't familiar with her work are in for a book that is very compelling and challenging. This book isn't merely about worship singing; it is about being a church community centered on the worship of an Infinite God. The book articulates a missional ecclesiology focused on biblical worship that engages the world.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Tim
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In my opinion, this book hits the mark, and Marva Dawn has a prophetic view of contemporary culture. Much of the church, in order to attract members, has succumbed to the idea of competing within the popular consumer marketplace, using worship as a tool for evangelism, and creating worship to appeal to various tastes, even within individual churhes. Dawn makes her points with numerous citations from other sources. This book will be affirming for some, and challenging to many cherished pre-conceptions.
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True Worship
Marva Dawn is an awesome author who has pin pointed the problems afflicting much of the Western church. Read more
Published on December 30, 2010 by Robert C. Johnson
2.0 out of 5 stars
nice ideas, poor execution
Marva Dawn has some great ideas and insights on worship: we need to think theologically about how we go about setting up a worship environment rather than being stuck in... Read more
Published on January 23, 2008 by M. Hackworth
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Good Book
As a Catholic, I have enjoyed reading Marva J. Dawn's book "Reaching out without Dumbing Down" as well as this book. Her theology is close to ours in so many ways.
Published on April 24, 2007 by Cade_One
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great for Corporate Worship. Bad for True Worship
A Royal Waste of Time is another character sketch on "how to do" Worship. Although, highly insightful on Corporate Worship, Dawn misses the mark on true Biblical Worship. Read more
Published on January 3, 2005 by Ta-da
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- Sexual Character: Beyond Technique to Intimacy by Marva J. Dawn on 5 pages
- Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting, Embracing, Feasting by Marva J. Dawn on 5 pages
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- The Unnecessary Pastor: Rediscovering the Call by Marva J. Dawn on page 165, Back Matter, and Back Cover
- Powers, Weakness, and the Tabernacling of God by Marva J. Dawn on page 115, and Back Matter
- Morning by Morning: Daily Meditations from the Writings of Marva J. Dawn by Marva J. Dawn in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Enemies with Smiling Faces: Defeating the Subtle Threats That Endanger Christians by Donald C. Posterski in Back Matter
- Shaping a Christian Worldview: The Foundation of Christian Higher Education by David S. Dockery in Back Matter
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