The Divine Crash

What is taught when nothing is being taught?  In those moments when nothing is actually being taught, is something being taught?  What about when something actually is actively being taught is there something else being taught?

Think about what is taught during the sermon.  Sure there might be an amazing teaching and we might be listening intently but is there something more?

Is the way church is typically held with people sitting in pews, listening to a sermon for 20-or-so minutes really teaching people to sit still and soak it in while someone supposedly  smarter than them talks at them and then do nothing with it because they aren’t smart enough to really understand what is going on?

As a proof thought: On an average week, how many people in the church actually do something because of the sermon they have heard in the sermon?

Does this mean church should be something different? That it should be more than just sitting around listening?  That the best way for people to learn Jesus loves them is to tap into the way a person learns normally?

Some learn hands on, by hearing, seeing, while still others learn best by doing?

For me the question then becomes how do I merge all that into Sunday morning? Or do I abandon Sunday morning and go with something else?

This idea of worship suddenly becomes much more than contemporary vs. traditional and becomes how do I, as pastor, teach about the saving grace of Jesus Christ in the best way possible?

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