I heard it again at a meeting last week ... a comment about the length of the worship service. Somewhere along the way, people in our Christian tradition came up with the idea that worship should last about no more than sixty minutes.
The comment was innocent enough and was being made in reference to recommendations our ministry team would be making regarding the Sunday morning schedule of worship and learning. How much time should there be between the close of the first worship service and the learning hour? How much time should there be between the end of the learning hour and the next service? The comment that worship should be about an hour in length seems like a very practical consideration in the context of decisions like these.
Where do we develop these kinds of expectations ab…