worship is nonesense

I've just read a book with the above title or something like it by a journalist called Nick Page. It's all about worship songs, the writing and singing of. At times i wanted to throw it across the room at other times I wanted to hug it!! It challenges us to really think about what we sing in worship and what worship really is giving the usual quote from Romans 12 'give your bodies as as your spiritual act of worship'. We do seem to have a problem with the term 'worship!' "lets have a time of worship" and worship leaders or lead worshipers - so do we say "lets have a holy sing song" or "lets play some praise songs" or "Pete start singing and if we know it we'll join in !!!" and thats the point I wanted to throw the book at the wall!!! How ever He made some very validpoints about language in somngs and how exclusive we are. How many of us know what the phrase Blessed Be Your Name means or Hallelujah or Hossana even and the classic 'my Ebenezer' He writes about the likes of John Newton (Amazing Grace and How Sweet the Name Of Jesus sounds etc) using the language of the day. He even challeges us to stop using biblical phrases particularly Hebrew ones like Jehova or paste and copy songs, as he calls them, like These Are The Days Of Elijah (fair point). For someone like me who has grown up in the Church surrounded by this language it aint a problem but for those coming from a none church background it must be. I am so guilty of making assumptions that the church is full of Christians even when I am praying for non beleivers to come to church (now that IS nonesense!!) He is so right. So I am off to make my contribution to the none exclusive christian- none- biblical- phrases- don't- mention- the- word- worship - song- writing song if you know what I mean?