Worshipping this morning at Story '09 Day 2... Skye Jethani coming up first this morning... his book Divine Commodity is about consumerism and the soul
by duregger at 10/29/2009 1:57:39 PM
by duregger at 10/29/2009 1:57:44 PM
Ben Arment is up introducing the workshop right now.
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:04:35 PM
We are at Orchard Valley Community Church in Aurora, IL
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:04:55 PM
Ben, just announced Divine Commodity as the Christian Book of the Year!! pretty prov0cative material.
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:09:43 PM
you can ask Skye Questions with the #story09 hashtag
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:10:35 PM
as a communicator/pastor you have a choice you can inform or inspire/teach or preach #story09
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:13:55 PM
When people come to church, they come with the expectation curiosity that there is another world out there... an expectation of transcendence which is most time hidden by a vail of consumerism #story09
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:16:41 PM
2 fatal flaws of church
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:18:31 PM
1. worst way to teach is by gathering together multitudes of people and speaking for 20-45 minutes... preaching as instruction doesn't work.
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:19:08 PM
teaching happens best in small relational groups where each other's stories are shared
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:19:35 PM
teaching in lecture format doesn't challenge peoples perception of reality... people who have been marinating in a consumeristic culture for most of the week
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:20:43 PM
consumerism teaches us that every problem has a solution that can be bought.
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:21:57 PM
We've made Jesus a means to an end, happiness, joy, peace, comfortable lifestyle...
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:23:53 PM
means with no vision. We have the means to learn, but lack the vision to understand.
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:28:36 PM
Skye - "ok, that is the bad news... there is an alternative"
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:29:29 PM
when the kingdom of God is preached the floodlights come on and the vision of another accessible world is seen, felt, and breathed out. #story09
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:31:36 PM
this happens not through instruction but through inspiration.
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:31:58 PM
anyone can preach... those who have experienced the reality of God's love and grace.
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:37:54 PM
(said better) preaching is done best when those who have experienced the reality of God's love and grace tell their story (proclaim their story).
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:39:59 PM
Skye is ending with a charge: "Preach in season and out of season, don't just teach - preach, don't just teach - inspire!"
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:44:23 PM
cool stuff - i'm going to push everyone to
www.bedeviant.com @justinwise is live blogging #story09 way better than me!
by duregger at 10/29/2009 2:46:19 PM