We continued The Elelphant in the Church series this weekend. In fact, we feel like this series is really resonating so we're going to extend the series through the end of October! I just feel like there are a few more elephants we need to confront!
This week I talked about the sexy elelphant. Tough topic! In fact, someone walked into one of our services and said, "Good luck." You know it's a tough topic when people are wishing the pastor luck!
Our culture is full of sexual confusion and sexual brokenness and I honestly think its because the church has been silent on the topic. Sex was God's idea to begin with, but by remaining silent on the issue we've given it over to the enemy. So God gets all of the blame and none of the credit!
I really enjoyed the Q & A after our 6:30 service on Saturday night. I think it'll take a while to "warm up the crowd" and get them comfortable asking live questions. But written questions are fine too! I think it added a personal touch. Opening it up to Q & A can be a little nerve-wracking, especially with this weekend's topic, but I feel like I'm in my element answering questions off the cuff. I love it. I enjoy the challenge of thinking on my feet. We'll continue the experiment through the end of this series and then evaluate.
This week I talked about the sexy elelphant. Tough topic! In fact, someone walked into one of our services and said, "Good luck." You know it's a tough topic when people are wishing the pastor luck!
Our culture is full of sexual confusion and sexual brokenness and I honestly think its because the church has been silent on the topic. Sex was God's idea to begin with, but by remaining silent on the issue we've given it over to the enemy. So God gets all of the blame and none of the credit!
I really enjoyed the Q & A after our 6:30 service on Saturday night. I think it'll take a while to "warm up the crowd" and get them comfortable asking live questions. But written questions are fine too! I think it added a personal touch. Opening it up to Q & A can be a little nerve-wracking, especially with this weekend's topic, but I feel like I'm in my element answering questions off the cuff. I love it. I enjoy the challenge of thinking on my feet. We'll continue the experiment through the end of this series and then evaluate.
Definitely a draining weekend emotionally and spiritually. But I think we did what we set out to do with this series--force people to think about these things and give them permission to talk about them.
Confront the elephant!
Confront the elephant!
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Sounds like a great series. Right on!
Brandon
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