Stupify!

Last week, I joined the over 9 million world-wide potter-ites, by picking up the Half Blood Prince. Some say (especially religious types) that literature can’t compete with video games, movies, computers, etc., etc. Maybe its’ time to admit that the problem isn’t a lack of reading, but the lack of good story tellers. I give mega kudos to JK Rowling for her amazing ability to tell a wonderful story. I admit I’m hooked… I’ve already finished the book. And I’m a bit challenged by how I communicate.

Chances are, emerging generations don’t stray from the Christian community because of video games, movies, or computers… but because we’ve failed to tell of the wonderfully mysterious, scary, thrilling story of God. If we communicate that all the Bible is, is “God’s Instruction Manual for Life,” we deserve the yawns we get. Worse, if we “preach the word” with no imagination, we deserve the protest we get, too.