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It is sad, but true, that increasingly in our consumer driven culture, worship is being treated and approached as entertainment for the consumer. Here is what it might look like if we went the whole way in that direction, and treated worship like an ESPN sporting event. See what you think. Props to Brett Jones for turning me on to this clip. BW3
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posted August 13, 2009 at 1:44 pm
that was really good and quite fun actually. i get pretty tired of the “show” mentality in church, more than pretty tired actually.
posted August 14, 2009 at 9:21 am
As a church musician and sometimes Praise Team leader, this video hit REALLY close to home. Every Sunday I have to really pray for guidance to balance professionalism, spontaneity, emotion, listening for the Spirit and making sure we don’t go so long that the Baptists beat us to the cafeteria! (;->) And then at the next practice I get to hear what all the armchair “quarterbacks” had to say about what they would have done with the praise chorus last week.
Fortunately, it’s not about us. And, He often sends a blessing in the form of a senior member of the congregation who takes the time to say thank you. With that I am recharged to do it all again, to keep trying to get it right week after week.
In Him -
posted September 9, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Consumer driven worship seems to be a hot issue these days. The point is succinctly presented in a blurb from an article by John Leland in 2004 titled “At Festivals, Faith, Rock and T-Shirts Take Center Stage”:
“As evening settled over the bands, three teenagers sat around a campfire, taking a break. A speaker earlier in the day had called for donations to missions in the developing world. At the end of a long day, the boys had come to regret their purchases.
“I spent all my money on five CD’s,” said Scott Hanson, 13, in a tone of self-reproach. “If I’d waited, I’d be able to spend that money on someone other than myself.”
His friend Luke Beckmeyer came away with a similar lesson. He had been reluctant to come because he didn’t like music, he said. But the band Pillar had converted him. “I came here hoping to get a new video card for my computer, but after doing small groups and hearing the music, I realize it’s not all about me,” he said. “The speakers really get to you. Too bad I spent all my money on a Pillar T-shirt and CD’s.”
It seems in today’s Church the question, “Are we guilty of syncretism?” should (in)appropriately be answered “It’s a matter of personal preference.” I enjoyed the sci-fi movie “The Running Man”, which probes similar-type questions about a “society gone wild” with entertainment. I wonder if the book is any good?