Young people witness some of the cheesy video and computer "art" in worship and they see it for what it is: kitsch. Stock clip art. Old-fashioned, 19th-century background images under song text: the sun shining on the Cross, running streams, baby faces -- all of the stereotypical images that say, "Christians are crummy artists and naive sentimentalists." To them, such kitsch is like handing out illustrated kids' Bibles to high school students and telling them that these images represent the depth of insight and excellence of the Christian faith.
Friday, August 11, 2006
Technology in Worship
Author Quentin Schultze, speaks to this important issue in the online version of By Faith magazine. In it he says:
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in re the article -- it doesn't always have to be so venomous does it? Some folks are actually trying...cheesy as the results of their efforts might be.
Yes it does have to be venomous... That is the way we christian bloggers like it. (grin)
Efforts are good. Just trying to refine I think.
You're wrong! WHy can't you figure it out? Answer the question!!!
Just kidding. I liked how you thought that post was from Trav...I should have just said it was but then my credibility would have been shot. I like you.
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