I have found that tradition for the sake of tradition can be dead. Many people do not even know why they worship a certain way, rather they do it because that is the way they always have done it.
Ask them what certain things mean in a traditional worship service and they don't know and have never been told.

I have come to believe that it is important to know why we do certain things a certain way. When we don't, is it any wonder that we generate the impression that traditional worship is dead?

In the emotional realm, it is true that we must guard against being attracted to emotionalism. I know all too well how deceptive this realm is. If we are not careful we can believe that the emotion that we are experiencing is God Himself. So much so in fact that when we don't get an emotional high (in some cases low), we somehow believe God isn't pleased, or isn't there.
True worship can cause emotion, that shouldn't be stifled. But we must not be fooled into thinking that emotion is a parameter into how true the worship is.

Tom
A former Charismatic