reading without fear of 'boredom'

So...
Just read an article online by a pastor concerned about the number of churches that seldom read the Bible as part of their worship services.
The reasons given for NOT including the Bible more/as much included:
- the need to stay 'relevant' to people attending
- the age of the book
- a focus on 'self-improvement'

Dude. I could hammer on this with great passion for a long time, but... My commitment in this blog (for me and for you) is to keep it brief enough to read in a few minutes.

So suffice it to say this... We read the Bible in worship a lot. We even read key pieces out loud all together. It's part of who we are and will remain.
We are not worried about being relevant - God knows us and His Word is relevant to our issues, concerns, and needs. Passionate and accurate teaching of it is the key to relevance, not the content of the Bible itself.

And while we'd like our lives 'improved,' we're excited to let the One who architected (new word?) our lives do the renovations rather than trying to fix it with our limited resources, no matter how bright, intelligent, and cool we may be.

Age of book? Nobody's tossing out 'Romeo & Juliet' or Homer's 'Odyssey.' I think we'll keep our 'old book' too - smacks of authenticity, reliability, stuff like that.

Do we risk being 'boring' to some people by reading the Bible in worship? Um. Maybe. But so far, so good on the 'read-the-Bible-teach-it-and-find-people-wanting-more' front.