Many people simply like passive worship. They don’t really care to become involved, to break through the mold of being a mere recipient. . . . Renewal in worship will take time and effort on the part of pastor and congregation. But the result of truly worshiping God is well worth it. . . . Let’s break through the passive mold of being observers or recipients. Let’s become active participants and doers. Let’s discover that WORSHIP IS A VERB.
-Robert Webber, Worship Is a Verb: Celebrating God’s Mighty Deeds of Salvation, Second Edition (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Pub., 1996), 217-219.