Mobile Ministry Magazine

I've had this post from Church Relevance sitting in my Google Reader starred items list for a while. About the best part of the post is stated here:

Tech Novelty is: Being blinded by the novelty of an exciting new technology and consequently misusing the technology for novelty's sake. Misuse of technology may be caused by lack of training and/or from the inability to focus on anything except the novelty.

The post goes on to say,

When used correctly, I think modern worship environments can spark wonder and awe in the beauty of God's creation much like the architecture of Gothic and Renaissance cathedrals did. Or when used correctly, worship environments can help, often through simplicity, guide worshipers' attention to what truly matters - God. When used improperly, worship environments distract worshippers from God and even at times focus their "worship" on the worship leader, another church "celebrity," or even technology itself.

We talked some many posts ago about how technology can be a distraction even in the setting where we are using it to grow theologically. This post at Church Relevance just drives home this point all the more, no matter what areas of tech and worship we are addressing with the rest of the Body.

Labels: church, misuse, tech, worship