A steady diet of performances by soloists or even choirs can have the unintended effect of undermining the corporate, participative nature of our musical worship. People can gradually come to think of worship in terms of passive observation, which we do not see modeled in the Bible. Such a diet may also begin to blur the line between worship and entertainment, especially in a television-sopped culture like ours, where one of our most insidious expectations is to be always entertained. Of course, this blurring is hardly ever intended. But over time, separating the “performers” from “the rest of the congregation” can subtly shift the focus of our attention from God to the musicians and their talent – a shift that is frequently revealed by applause at the end of some performance pieces. Who is the beneficiary of such applause? (Mark Dever and Paul Alexander).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits		Cookie	24	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Nisquick original baking mix
1	c	Quick-cooking oats
3/4	c	Packed brown sugar
1		Stick margarine or butter; softened
1	c	Apricot spreadable fruit; jam or preserves

INSTRUCTIONS

HEAT oven to 400 degrees. Grease square pan, 9x9x2 inches.  Mix baking
mix, oats and brown sugar. Cut in margarine with fork until mixture is
crumbly.
PRESS half of the crumbly mixture in pan. Spread fruit on top to within
1/4 inch of edges. Top with remaining crumbly mixture; press gently into
fruit.
BAKE 25 to 30 minutes or until light brown; cool. Cut into bars. 2 dozen
bars.
From <Betty Crocker: Bisquick Classics and New Favorites>.  Downloaded from
Glen's MM Recipe Archive, http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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