relevance v. boredom

Twice this week I came face to face with the importance for pastors and churches to be relevant - obviously, not at the expense of the message (which never changes), but in our methods (which must be updated lest we become obsolete).

Both of my 'encounters' were in religious settings - and what's truly sad is that both presentations were, no doubt, quite effective in their day. But that day has long since passed us by, and try as I might, even as a 'man of the cloth', I found myself fighting sleep and stifling yawns.

I sometimes think the cardinal sin of churches and preachers is to take the most incredible message of GOOD NEWS ever given to the world and present it in such an outdated, culturally ilrelevant way that our hearers tune us out. What do you think?

As for me and CLC, I never wanna be guilty....