I am so angry at today's culture. It pisses me off that we are bombarded by all of these things- especially technologically which scream at us what to believe and what to invest in and how to spend our time. Give me a freaking break. I have sixth graders that are avid texters and twitters. 7th and 8th graders find it impossible to not text during a worship service. To ask them to do so, is to restrict them unfairly and oppressively. That leaves me to the question and grand struggle of the day for me:
How do we engage the teenagers of today in an authentic worship? Ultimately, how do we engage anyone in authentic worship today? I mean this by offering a unwavering and focused attentiveness to God almighty. Lets face it- at its very best we might touch the surface of this idea. At its worst we see worship as a glorified form of entertainment. Somewhere in the middle worship is done just out of a sense of duty. A lot of my teens just endure worship so they can then visit with their friends. What does this truly say about the efficacy of worship? What does this say about our church? Our faith? Our authenticity? What does it say when you can't hear people singing during worship music because of everyone talking and joking around with each other? What does it say when the loudest talking is coming from the adult leaders? What do I say to a worship team that feels defeated and demoralized because they offer their very best and it goes unappreciated and undervalued?
To be honest, I want to cancel it all and start over. It makes me so angry that this is where we are. Does anyone really care? Do they even need worship? Ok so they all need worship but do they even have a clue of this fact? Do they even want to worship?
Someone throw me a freaking bone here. I believe that we offer some of the very best worship music and best relevant preaching for teens around and yet we are experience this apathetic pathetic worship.
How do I solve this?
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