I had an experience Sunday that I wanted to share. There is a style that I try to use when preaching; I try to stay conversational. As though we're having a conversation except I'm the only one talking. I try to ask the questions the audience is asking and answer them. Occasionally, over the years, I've had people respond during my teaching and while it is usually unexpected, I always enjoy it.
Several years ago as a youth pastor I had one student in particular that would interupt my message to dialog with me. I think that many of the other students probably thought it was funny because most people stay quiet during a sermon, but I always enjoyed it. It has been a long time since I had experienced that, but on Sunday I was interrupted again and got to here someone really identifying and participating in the message. I loved it. Especially for those young in their faith, I hope that church is always a place that we can process the faith-walk together. Not just the wah wah wah of a boring sermon.
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--Ben
* The response from the audience didn't get picked up on the audio so that part was edited from the recording.
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