Last year, at the Future of Television conference in New York City, audience members could ask questions... and not just in your normal pick and point method. There were several hundred people at this conference! Actually, any person in the audience, at any time, could simply pick up their phone and ask a question via SMS. The questions would be filtered by someone with incredible wisdom and tech savvy, and some questions would be posted to a screen where everyone at the conference could see... prompting the speaker to respond if the audience felt it was a good question.
While this is supposedly cutting-edge, I found out that churches are already doing this! Mars Hill has supposedly done this in their youth services, while a church outside of St. Louis is using SMS in their main service. (Check out the article!) So here's the "postmoderner" question: how is this going to change the dynamic of preaching in the next 10-20 years if this catches on? Think of it! People can ask questions, get involved... and unavoidably, talk to each other during the service! It signifies the battle between inner reflection and constant connection... and yet, transforming the Sunday morning sermon into a conversation might just be the openness outsiders are looking for.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
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