a couple of things

its wendesday. . . and i continue to have problems spelling it.

a while ago, a friend remarked that he thought that preaching, as it is formally done now, was on its way out. while i agreed with him, i thought to myself, "well then, what will take its place?"

now i think i'm starting to get it. i think that the wires just brushed each other and a huge spark went off in my brain. its not about preaching at them, its about teaching them to teach themselves. at least thats where i would like to see it go. . . . . as of right now. . . . cos my opinions are changing all the time.

if students, of all ages don't like school, and sitting through class, then why do we still use that same formula for church services? why is there still that teacher/student relationship, with all of its assumed identities and conditioned emotions for that setting?

i have increasingly grown tired of traditional service programming. worship time, announcements, preaching, closing. and then lets switch it up so that worship is at the beginning and at the end. that'll make it different, right? not really.

i believe that this traditional service order does still have its place, my frustration is more with the student/young adult ministries that still use that formula. there must be more. i was in louisville at a borders there and a picked up experiential storytelling by mark miller. it said what i had been feeling for a while, but i didn't know how to say it.

some of you may have read it. i would really encourage anyone who is in ministry to read it, but not just read it. apply it. really think about what he's saying, and why he's saying it.

star wars III comes out in 2 weeks. i'm going to a midnight showing. i can't wait. it might just be the movie of the decade.

i'm programming a service for our youth group this saturday. should be very interesting. trying to apply some of the ideas from that book, so we'll see how it goes. please pray for it, if you care about that sort of thing.

thanks for reading. be good to each other. look at christ. peace