Activity or Experience?
Rick Devos asked a simple question during his presentation at TEDxDetroit: When you plan an event are you thinking about activity or experience? This is a profound question. One that I think those of who are in the church need to think deeply about. We must ask ourselves what we are calling one another too.I think that often times we are asking and calling people to activities.“Come and do…”“Bring your friend to…”What if this became…“Hey I am a part of…”“Do you want to join me in…”One set of phrases represents activities, the other an experience. Jesus is not something we do. Church is not something we do. Recently I have found myself saying, “We do church…” or “How do you do church…” These kinds of statements are meaningless. We can’t “do” church any more than I can “do” human being.It’s interesting this kind of language is typically reserved for those who are impersonators, like this:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78FATeTMDaA&w=425&h=350]Man, Hartman “does” a good Sinatra!...