Finally, a new podcast. What sparked it was some of the positive experiences I have had with congregations and change in recent months but the reality that most have become what Len Sweet calls “Bastions of Boredom.”
Bastions Of Boredom from The Work Of The People on Vimeo.
This great video done by Work of the People is a great summary of why too many existing congregations and denominations are dying. We have forgotten our mission and what God has given us and made it boring and a club. The weird part is that it is increasingly generational. The split between what Len calls the Guttenbergers and Googlers is increasingly Baby Boomers versus everyone else. The Flower Children who wanted to choose their own thing and have it their way increasingly sound like their parents – do church our way and talk our way. And guess what, their kids and grandkids are walking away and going to new congregations that don’t have the Guttenberg baggage. So while denominations print out new irrelevant hymnals instead of considering how googlers communicate and worship and congregations dither more about having the right faith statements and faithful living like Jesus, the church as we know it dies and a new, reborn one is taking its place.
I still contend it doesn’t have to be that way and Len is making that case too.
Links:
The Work of the People – Bastions of Boredom
Leonard Sweet’s Napkin Scribbles Podcast
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