The Worship Industry
I haven’t posted in a while, maybe from the insecurity I feel over competing with the epistles Scott writes. Blogging is about honesty, right? I do realize the differences between Scott and I, and really know that there is no “competition”. It seems that we tend to do this sort of thing in all the time in church life. It’s no competition, and we know that, but we still don’t like to underachieve. That aside, I know that I have different areas to contribute in that others might, so I am going to contribute in those ways.
I just recently saw a video by Brian McLaren on the Worship Industry. I am very intrigued by what he has to say about how if we aren’t careful, our services become rated on how they make us feel as a consumer of worship. What do you think about the video?
So true. I sometimes find myself thinking “I didn’t really feel to much during this service, hopefully next time will be better”. I end up having to stop and slap myself for thinking that. The problem is 99% of the time with me, because my mind and heart are somewhere else, not because of the content of the service. I, for whatever reason, was not allowing God to speak to me. Instead, I was hoping, like most consumers, to be flooded with the holy spirit, simply because I showed up.
Interesting. Very thought provoking. I agree with allot of his statements. I definitely try to make God a pretty package in my own mind, for my own palette and even to “sell” to others. But he is right reality is beautiful.
Thanks for sharing Kyle…
I was not really feeling this post or video. On a scale of 1 to 10, I think this post was about a 6.
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