Some good points in the list....however, I completely disagree with number 1 “Drop the Guacamole Dip.” If we are reaching “unchurched” people it is the worship leaders responsibility to “lead” these people in an experience in which they have never participated and may not entirely understand.  For a worship leader to say “Let’s put our hands together on this one....” is not telling someone what they HAVE to do, but it is demonstrating for the guest or the unchurched or the rechurched what is acceptable in your worship.  There are “rechurched” people who would NEVER think of clapping in church...but to have the worship “leader” suggest it helps adjust them to this new experience.

1. “Drop The Guacamole Dip” --- He’s wrong about this one. This is Biblical worship leading! The Psalms are full of this kind of language. This is exactly why worship is not a performance or a concert. Because Worship Leaders are supposed to intentionally engage the people to join them in praise!

Having said that, I think that this was one of the better halftime shows. I think there are a lot of positives Worship Leaders could learn from it. For example, Bruce Springsteen simply knows how to turn a giant stadium into a 40 seat club. He knows how to engage his audience and make them feel like part of the show. He knows how to “pace” a set list and transition from song to song without awkward pauses. He knows how to incorporate different and interesting elements into the set to maximize his time constraints. He has an ethnically, generationally, and gender-wise diverse band(which is a MAJOR problem with modern worship). We’re not all ultra-hip white teenagers. His songs are rich in content and yet singable. They take you somewhere different that “Oh baby, I love you”.

I think that the author missed a lot of the good stuff that Bruce did.

I’m going to have to disagree with #1 too. For the reasons previously stated, and because I’ve found that direction/suggestion spoken from the stage during worship can be very liberating.

Many times people WANT to raise their hands/jump/whatever but they’re fighting their flesh. When the worship leader suggests or instructs people to do something, those people find the freedom to do it. I’ve experienced this as the timid worshipper and the worship leader told after the service, “Thank you!”