Thinking about worship
I just made a fairly lengthy post over at my own blog about the process of planning the Friday evening erev Shabbat service for the blog con (which is coming up pretty soon — just three weeks away!)
Among other things, I wrote:
Ideally the service ought to be inclusive enough to make outsiders comfortable, traditional enough to make insiders comfortable, ordinary enough to make regular shul-goers happy, unusual enough to keep people interested, enough of a teaching tool to give people some understanding of Jewish worship and liturgy, and enough of a "real service" to let the Jews (and others) in attendance feel they’ve fulfilled the obligation to pray.
Read the whole thing here, and please chime in if you have thoughts on this!
