Here’s a blog post from Jeff Henderson at Buckhead Church that I really enjoyed.  Check it out at: blog.buckheadchurch.org

No.  Not U-R.

Usually, it’s F-U-N.

Granted, chfunch isn’t a word, but fun is often a forgotten dynamic in creating a worship experience.  Typically, most churches aim for reverence.

I’m all for reverence, but fun is much more disarming.  If you create a fun experience up front in the service, the crowd will be much more engaged throughout their time with you.

An example of this is the following video we played at Buckhead Church from Tripp and Tyler near the beginning of Sunday’s service.  There really wasn’t a point, other than just having fun.

Many people push back on the idea of fun in church, and instead argue for reverence.  My experience is that fun leads to engagement, which ultimately leads to an opportunity for greater reverence at the end of a service.

We’ll discuss and show this in greater detail at next week’s Drive Conference. http://www.driveconference.com/ In the meantime, have some fun.  It might be just the thing that’s missing in your ch__ch.

Jeff Henderson

Tripp & Tyler from buckheadchurch on Vimeo.

I’ve been a fan of Lost since the very beginning. Back when I thought the smoke monster was a dinosaur and I thought the island was actually a “Purgatory” type place.

Most endings of Lost cause me to shake my head and wonder what in the world is going on, but I always come back for more.

The latest episode, “Everybody Loves Hugo” was awesome but what got me the most was the promo afterward. They played the creepiest promo ever featuring that disturbing Willy Wonka scene in the tunnel.

Check it out:

If you want to see the original Willy Wonka scene, it’s below along with the lyrics.

Willy Wonka [singsongy]:

There’s no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There’s no knowing where we’re rowing
Or which way the river’s flowing
Is it raining?
Is it snowing?
Is a hurricane a-blowing?

[apprehensive, now spoken]

Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of hell a-glowing?
Is the grisly reaper mowing?
Yes! The danger must be growing!

[yelling]

For the rowers keep on rowing
And they’re certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing!

[screams]

I love Lost! I’m glad to see it end though, I don’t think my brain can take much more. Oh, and this summer Tina and I will be watching the whole series from the start again!

Thanks to Sci-Fi Wire for the links to the videos and lyrics!

I would love one of these, but I know I would just end up causing a plane crash everytime I hit snooze.

Here’s the special recap video they showed on Conan’s Last Night!

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