Footloose, Famous Uncle Als, & Fear Of A Flat Planet

Wrapped up work.
Headed to Famous Uncle Als for dinner with the family.
Spent quality time with Chloe actin’ a fool.
Layed down to rest and watched *Wayne’s World & **Footloose.

And I cannot sleep.
Not a wink.

My mind is racing. Moving and I cannot stop thinking. Christmas is on the brink, people are out losing their minds trying to find gifts, families are traveling to visit loved ones, and I am living in fear of a flat planet. I love what the Church (capital C, universal) is doing with serving projects, Christmas Eve services, etc. But, I don’t think it’s entirely working. I think it’s falling flat. We’re on the verge of a flat planet. A place where every time the church tries to immitate the “cool new thing” it falls flat because it’s been done before and usually better and more professional by the secular media/market.

Around us, every year, we see, hear, and are communicated to with the same message in our churches: “Christmas is not about consumerism. Why can’t everyone remember the true meaning of Christmas?” Turning the status quo and flipping it on it’s end takes a lot more than gatherings with songs or serving one time a year. The wow factor or shock and awe of the events churches are doing isn’t cutting it. Neither is trying to be like SNL or the latest thing on FunnyorDie.com. It’s falling flat. The God I serve is bigger than those ideas. The wave of ideas needs to change, but it cannot stop at simply ideas.

It takes a culture shift.
And… I believe it’s happening.
I’m watching it take place through the community of Forefronters.

I’ll share more with you tomorrow. Until then,
Jason *over and out*

Footnotes:
*Wayne’s World is a fantastic movie and glad it was on cable.
**Footloose is a guilty pleasure. Judge me if you must, but I just want to… DANCE! Ha.