What is Up With Worship?

It happened again. This past Sunday, during the offering, the Worship Team was singing a typical pop-Christian song. While being distracted by the bald man "greeting" the couple in the pew ahead of us with a voice so high in volume my wife couldn't stand it and had to momentarily leave, I glanced up at the projected lyrics on the screen. Superimposed on the low-tech, rolling wave video were a group of lyrics, presumably sung to the Lord God, that began with the non-word "'Cos." Not the short term for comedian Bill Cosby, but presumably the slang abbreviation for "because."

I can now add this to my list of non-words seen on overheads during worship, which include "gonna," "wanna," and "na na na-na-na-na na."

The future of worship: "Trust 'n' Obey," "'Cos He Lives," "Magnify the Precious Name O' Jesus," "The Ol' Rugged Cross."

Far cry from "How Great Thou Art." Or maybe "How Great Are Ya?"