For: The Institute Of Contemporary And Emerging Worship Studies, St. Stephen’s University, Essentials Blue Online Worship Theology Course with Dan Wilt

Reading Dan Wilt’s essay on the nature of humanity and what being fully human is all about really got me thinking.  It is an easy concept to understand, and really explains what we as worshippers are all about.

Dan mentioned four categories of being human, which also go hand in hand with N.T. Wright’s explanation of the four echoes of God which was discussed in week one.

These categories are listed as The Human as subcreators, image-bearers, community builders, and “salvific story-tellers.”

If we look at the way Jesus lived on the earth, we see that he lived out these four categories.  As we are made in God’s image, it is only natural that in wanting to be fully human, we want to maximize our reflection of God.

My favourite of these is the human as subcreator, or those that create beauty.  We can create nothing new, as that is what divinity is, but we are blessed with the incredible talent to manipulate what is to “subcreate.”  The ultimate subcreation is the miracle of life, but I hold in high esteem the act of writing a beatiful song of worship.

In doing so, we are acting from our hearts to seek God, and reflecting His beauty at the same time.  I have always though that music is the ultimate medium between us and God.