I found an example in my email. A church friend pitches a pre-Easter event like this:
We're opening the church up from 6pm-8pm, where it'll be candle-lit with soft music playing in the background. [..] an opportunity to quietly prepare our hearts [..] this is a great place to be stilling your heart before God and listening to His still small voice.
Seriously, that was in the invite. And people wonder why men are disappearing from church!
4 comments:
hahahaha!!! Imagine if they pitched movies like that...
"We're opening our theatres for 'Aliens vs Predators', which will have music playing in the background within the darkened theatre... an opportunity to quietly contemplate the depth of character development in the film ... this is a great place to be stilling your heart."
Thanks Anonymous - you're spot on.
David Murrow has a bit to say about how church presents Jesus like a Jane Austen movie, rather than an action film.
Even at Easter, the prime example of an action hero risking his life to save the world, church manages to turn it into a romance theme.
Yes the church appears to frequently paint a romanticised, passive Christ story. Which is interesting on 2 accounts: 1. This picture is likely to resonate more with women, and 2. My study of the life of Jesus portrays an activist who was constantly risking his life to stand up for others(not just in his final death).
Meaning, I think there is very little one can truly portray as passive and romantic about the life of Jesus.
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