tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34767060.post6845357081047612792..comments2023-10-23T09:45:37.568-05:00Comments on Blog? I thought you said Dog!: This just in...toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07990024962030851436noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34767060.post-36477509665633690892010-08-16T19:41:15.035-05:002010-08-16T19:41:15.035-05:00I think I'm still wrestling with whether the v...I think I'm still wrestling with whether the video is just a tongue-in-cheek send up of contemporary church services, or a more critical view.<br /><br />The church where I attend is a lot like the video, except: The song leader doesn't sell CDs, the pastor doesn't have hip glasses, and, no apparent tattoos.<br /><br />Nonetheless, the music <i>is</i> loud, the pastor does frequently wear "cool" jeans and graphic shirts, and sometimes has "spiky" hair, and has a stage "presence" that is expressive. He doesn't claim to be "the one" with the answers, but always points to The One who is.<br /><br />If it were up to me, I'd be fine dialing the music back just a bit, and even extending the sermon. But it's neither up to, or about, me. It's up to people a lot smarter than me to figure the balance between worship and instruction. <br /><br />Probably a lot of blue-haired ladies (and I'm using the term descriptively, not pejoratively) would be appalled at the sound levels and lightshow, and casual dress. I get that.<br /><br />Wouldn't the enemy just love - DOESN'T he just love, that some, maybe many, Christ followers will turn on one another, quibbling about form over substance? <br /><br />But as long as the message is Jesus Christ, does it really matter whether the messenger wears a polyester suit with wide lapels, or jeans with [fake] wear spots and rips?an Donalbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418506325893352676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34767060.post-26857011312966344022010-08-15T22:47:25.500-05:002010-08-15T22:47:25.500-05:00I started to write a comment, am still trying to i...I started to write a comment, am still trying to interpret what the video is saying (have watched it twice).an Donalbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418506325893352676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34767060.post-2978023887902372812010-08-15T21:50:49.355-05:002010-08-15T21:50:49.355-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.an Donalbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418506325893352676noreply@blogger.com