jazz over pop

Many thoughts swimming around my head today.

Still thinking on Red Sox Christianity, but there's a little more out there and I'm just getting too tired to reach out and go for it.

Most of it has to do with the flexibility of our church's structure. And good post from AJ Schwanz's blog has given me a metaphor to go with, which is always helpful to me. Here's a little bit of it:

"[In] talking about Reggie McNeal's Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church. One of the tough questions deals with planning versus preparing. Society and situations are changing so rapidly that by the time people react with a plan, it’s already too late. However, if the members of the church body train to be prepared, they can react more quickly, naturally, organically.

But... what are we to do? God spoke through one of my friends. He, being a musician, said it sounds a lot like comparing pop music and jazz:

Expecting vs Grooving - Pop music is very regimented, very planned out - the performer knows what’s coming up and what to expect (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, breakdown, tec.). Jazz is very go-with-the-flow with each performance being unique unto itself - the performer knows the basic elements/structure of the song but doesn’t know specifically what special distinctives it will take."

read the rest of the article here: Emerging Like Jazz

IN OTHER NEWS

My wife is blogging again, look out world!

The complete list of Acadiana churches, their denominations, and their weekend attendance is coming out soon. I'm about half done and I'm trying to get it out quickly... more to come.

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