Overt & Inner Worship in Two Cultures

How do we worship God? People from different cultures have diverse ways that they express gratitude and celebrate GodÆs gifts. Worship may be obvious, as in a formal gathering at a meeting-house and may utilize overt symbols, chants, music and dance. Other forms of worship are not so visible but take place in the heart of the worshiper. Acts such as charity, hard work, artistry, and the simple appreciation of life may not strike an onlooker as necessarily being forms of worship. However, a personÆs state of mind and heart may create an experience of worship out of day-to-day experiences. The interplay between outward and inner worship exists in all cultures and can be examined in many specific examples, such as that of the Jewish celebration of Yom Kippur and the Navajo experience of traditional of weaving. Even these very specific examples exhibit both overt and internal aspects of the worship experience.

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