Technology, the global economy and the population are moving much faster than we can really comprehend. The question that comes to my mind whenever this discussion comes up is where does that put the gospel in all of this? Do we need to move out messages to internet devices? Do we need to move from stained glass and brick and mortar buildings? Or are those things just what people need? I find myself undecided.
I do know that the church is not in anyway reflecting the technological and informational shifts that we are experiencing globally. I literally sat through an hour and half presentation about how forward thinking a church was because it displayed its announcements on power point on a projector AND incorporated 18th century organ music. Wow, we’re so forward thinking.
If the church continues to be a wallflower standing at the edge of the gym like a seventh grade boy waiting for the girls to come to him then it’s never going anywhere. The girls are too busy with their iPhones and their friends to notice the boy. If the boy comes up and asks one of the girls to dance, it’ll be the talk of the girls for weeks, their heads will turn when he walks by. What if the church started asking the girls to dance a little more?
Stop waiting around with brick and mortar and stained glass wondering why people don’t notice or seem to care. Start acting, start moving, start talking, then people won’t notice the windows, or the building they’ll notice the work of God.
The phrase “What if the church started asking the girls to dance a little more?” is now one of my favorite quotes of all time.
Kudos.