Comments on: Stop Using Media (Part One)

By: Personal: “So This is Where I’m At” Series « cale livingston blog

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:33:13 +0000

[...] friends at Collide, a magazine about church and media, have tossed out an interesting ultimatum to the church at large: stop using media. Their premise being that most of [...]

By: Links for Youth Workers « Global Youth Ministry Network

Links for Youth Workers « Global Youth Ministry Network — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:07:44 +0000

[...] Stop Using Media – Speaking of details, this is one cool hint from the Media magazine Collide: [...]

By: Jon Morris

Jon Morris — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:45:29 +0000

great stuff. our church is just starting to incorporate media into it’s normal services. this is a great balancing teaching/thought. it’s awesome to here creative people passionate about Jesus and what He’s doing in our lives vs. Jesus and how cool our church is.

By: Scott McClellan

Scott McClellan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:51:11 +0000

Russ,

We’re definitely going to cover that angle in this series.

Clayton,

I agree that media can be used to help create an atmosphere. But what atmosphere? And why? Is it purposeful and connected to a larger theme, or do you set a dark and moody atmosphere because that’s what you think young people like, or a bright and happy atmosphere because that’s what you think well-to-do families like? If the atmosphere doesn’t have meaning or purpose in the context of your service, why bother? Hopefully, the atmosphere exists to supplement the story.

By: Dane

Dane — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:26:36 +0000

Amen dude! And challenging too. I’m excited to see the rest of the blogs in this series.

By: Dionna

Dionna — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:02:43 +0000

Thanks for the link via twitter.
Interesting insights — I’ll have to ponder what you’ve said.

By: Clayton Borah

Clayton Borah — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:15:41 +0000

Interesting thoughts and I can see where you are coming from. I agree to a point, but I take a little different approach. I would say don’t use media without a clear and specific purpose. You can use media to create an atmosphere just as well as tell a story. And depending what your goal is, maybe that’s more important at that moment. I agree that media is far too overused and we need to be more purposeful in our uses of it. But don’t just limit it to telling story. Media can be used effectively and with excellence for many different things.

By: Russ

Russ — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:50:54 +0000

Good point.

I think it also should be said that people should learn HOW to use media to communicate that STORY. Too many churches are using it just because everyone else is.

By: Archie Mck

Archie Mck — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:22:25 +0000

Well said Scott!