Thoughts from a First Call Pastor

Here I will share some thoughts as I begin my career at Christ Lutheran in Byron, MN. Since I'm done with seminary I'm hoping there are a few ideas left rolling around in my head worth sharing. So here it is, some of the things that I think I think...

Monday, July 19, 2004

I Love the 90's

Okay, I'll admit it:  I got sucked into watching "I Love the 90's" last week on VH1.  I'm not sure what exactly it was, but I could hardly stop watching.  It was similar when they first came out with "I Love the 80's", which started this whole thing.  There is something fascinating about looking at history, recent history I suppose, from a pop culture perspective.  I wonder if this is how my generation is going to know history, sound bites and news only as it effected/relates to pop culture.  I wonder....
 
This is the culture I live in and have been raised in.  The critique that I most often hear from professors and the like, on sermons especially, is that I need to go deeper.  Often I feel like I have gone deeper, especially when considering the shallow sound bit culture I come from.  I do not offer it as an excuse, but offer it to ask the question of "how do I break free?"  For I sense within this sound bit world a desire to ask and wrestle with the tough questions, to dig in with great depths....although I warn you it's probably going to look quite different from previous generations.


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