Praising the living God is the spirited practice of regularly exalting God’s mercy and grace with excited hearts, exhilarating psalms and songs, and energized physical postures. Dealing with the distress of drifting from the river’s exuberant flow, worshiping comprises thoughtful moments of wading the quiet pools for spiritual redress and submission before God’s throne

Praising and worshiping, like flowing streams and placid pools, are diverse yet interactive forms of dynamic engagement with the Lord. Practiced with genuine purpose and intensity, they possess the power to impact every issue of our daily lives, both good and bad, individually and corporately.

I invite both Jewish and Christian readers to follow praise and worship’s exciting practice and passage through the full scope of Scripture. We shall pursue the river’s sparkling course from its source in Exodus its destination in Revelation, and plunge in the waiting pools that renew our spiritual perspective along the way.

The narrative traces the little known yet powerful impact of William Tyndale’s introduction of the word “worship” to the English Bible, and western worship culture. It identifies today’s religious trends among selected popular authors, and considers its impact on contemporary praise and worship.

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…how refreshing to see an approach that goes after the Biblical essence of Praise & Worship – letting the Word of God shape How we as the body express our Praise and Worship rather than letting our desire for experience and expression shape our Biblical understanding of Praise and Worship.

Gary Bloomquist
Pastor of Praise & Worship East Valley Bible Church – Gilbert, Arizona

Tuesday, I got a brown, unmarked envelope in my mail. It contained, Running the River of Praise, Wading in Pools of Worship. I had ordered earlier, and was happy it showed up.

This book almost blew me away!! I have 24 grad level credits in Theology, since I was getting ready to become an ordained deacon for the United Methodist church. But it took about 30 pgs for me to realize that I had learned nothing, but this book is providing an incredible lesson that touches so many parts of our Christian life!

To realize that worship and praise are NOT the same. It is well laid out by John, that the defination of worship comes from Greek and Hebrew meaning bow down, and Tynedale was able to translate it into worship, which also reflects the Saxon word that is close to worship.

Praise, however, is not really part of worship, but a action that is of its own.

I had never thought of those two words, ie actions, being so far apart. I thought that praise was worship, but it is really ir’s own seperate reality.

I have not read the whole book yet, but I do know, it is going to impact my understanding of Christianity completely!!

Thank you John and Mindheart Foundation for creating a perfect, truly understandable, way to celebrate God/Christ/ Holy Spirit.

Marilou Fallis 7/20/06
Phoenix, Az