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Many of us of us "old geezers" have been around long enough to just about hear it all: Enter into worship and we hear all the praise a heart could desire. Be it in what is called "Traditional" worship, "Contemporary" or even "Blended" worship, words of praise are lifted from those who are gathered around in a sacred space. After all isn't that what worship is all about ... surrendering to God, yielding our lives and being thankful or offering praise? However, hang around this old world a while in the real world, and it is not long before we mere humans seem to think we know better than does God about how this place "should" operate. Never mind that it was our sin that threw everything all out of kilter and brought sickness, pain and labor by the sweat of the brow to planet earth. We come across -- as did our exponential numbers of ancestors before us -- having a better plan: In the summer we hear it's to...