tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post341368046725948289..comments2023-11-03T04:50:42.128-05:00Comments on Confessional Gadfly: Cult of the CoolRev. Eric J Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-29177423867062197642010-06-16T12:51:29.334-05:002010-06-16T12:51:29.334-05:00Great post. Worship should not be about the pastor...Great post. Worship should not be about the pastor. The pastor is the servant of God, and his job is to direct the sheep not to himself, but to the Good Shepherd.Robyn B. @Leave the Lights Onhttp://www.leavethelightson.info/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-52411933590736305152010-06-15T15:16:44.182-05:002010-06-15T15:16:44.182-05:00Do you know how much pressure there is on people w...Do you know how much pressure there is on people who are cool? It's not fun and games! People look to the cool for sources of mockery and disdain. Cool people are expected to know all the lyrics of the popular songs. Cool people are expected not only to be up on the latest trends, but to actually create them! Being cool is a tremendous burden.<br /><br />How do I know? Because I'm cool. That's right. I'm a cool pastor, and I have a cool church.<br /><br />I didn't ask to be this way, I was born this way. My parents both carry the recessive cool gene and I'm the fourth, and only cool, child in my family.<br /><br />Growing up cool in a family of dorks was horrific. I alone had to carry the torch of style from a young age. I was a loner in my own home - an outcast.<br /><br />But I have found a home in a cool church. There are cool people there, just like me. Together, we are able to be cool without fear of ridicule from people who would call us 'shallow' or 'self-centered.' We can just be cool.<br /><br />I am thankful for my cool community. But it is more than that. Being cool is cool again. We are starting to take back all the refugees of nerds. Cool people are rising up.<br /><br />We're taking back those positions in business that require 'degrees' and 'intelligence.' We taking back the spaces in society that call for stupid qualities like 'class' and 'refinement.' And it isn't grass roots - we're starting at the top.<br /><br />You know that young, hip guy with the cigarette and the awesome blackberry that's so cool it's off the network? The one who's got a personal jet AND helicopter? The guy who can call the leader of any country he wants, AND drain a three pointer?<br /><br />He's your president. He's one of ours. He's....cool.luketimmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00631919047281813682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-88511863893515041272010-06-10T21:02:25.044-05:002010-06-10T21:02:25.044-05:00Jay - hip? You? Country music? Come on. .Jay - hip? You? Country music? Come on. .Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-89592245993208883252010-06-10T20:18:45.915-05:002010-06-10T20:18:45.915-05:00As the hip mid 20s guy from the sem, does that mea...As the hip mid 20s guy from the sem, does that mean I should let myself go before I head out to the church that calls me?Jay Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08341319092916976045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-7545705336636538682010-06-10T10:34:41.970-05:002010-06-10T10:34:41.970-05:00Personality fades, and coolness withers, but the W...Personality fades, and coolness withers, but the Word of the Lord endures forever. <br /><br />Or as my wife always says, "That which brings them in will keep them in."Rev. Josh Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18422979152720523979noreply@blogger.com