Monday, December 17, 2007

Rich Simplicity - Worship PART 2

Scenario#2: When a married man, after a few years, decides to introduce props and toys and other outside 'stimulants' into the bedroom, his wife can be sure that these 'developments' have less to do with his desire for her specifically than they do with his appetites for a certain three letter word in general. She ought to feel denigrated.

Application #2: If, as the result of terrorist attacks, the US experienced some sort of major power black out for the next five years, and there were no amplifiers, keyboards, or spotlights even possible for churches [let alone air conditioners] ... how would membership/attendance be affected? How would we reach out with no glitz? Would it cease to be so much about having an experience for myself and become more about approaching God Himself ... without all the props and paraphanalia?

1 comment:

Peter John Anselmo said...

Boo for entertainment in church; it has “meeee centered” written all over it.

That is why I can’t rest with this idea of “bands” (“worship band”) and “teams” (“worship team”) in church. They are both entertainment spectator venues and yet the church is oblivious.