Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Thoughts on the "Parody Of Our Modern Church Service" Video

Yesterday I came across a rather hilarious video that parodies the "Seeker Sensitive" or "Willow Creek" formula of Church.  Here it is:


Besides making me bust a gut laughing, this video also got me thinking.  How do you avoid this trap in your typical modern worship service?  Can you seek to speak to a culture in its own language without looking like this?  If so, how do you do it?  Have you ever actually seen it work?

I ask these questions as one who firmly believes the local church should worship in a way that engages its surrounding culture.  To argue that in one particular time and space worship was right, as those who argue for going back to a organ/hymn based worship do, is a misnomer.  This mindset often tends to be both ethnocentric and idolatrous of a particular time, style, and culture (Although I do agree that the words were much better in those hymns).  This said, we're back at square one.  I'd love to hear your thoughts.  

3 comments:

Jason Bonnicksen said...

Funny video that strikes home a point. All good questions and points. Hmmm -- lots to think about and discuss in future days.

Shawn said...

Looking forward to it!!!

Sherry said...

Video is hilarious. I don't have an answer to your questions. However I think that the answer lies somewhere between the traditional service, where things tend to become routine and you just repeat words without really thinking about their meaning, and this video.