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Videos That Make us Laugh and Think- Pt 8- Magic!
By Dan | June 25, 2008
Do you like magic? Even if you don’t, I think you’ll find this video interesting. And if you can’t quite figure out how it works and you want to know, check this one out too.
Now I’ve loved magic since I was a kid and even dabbled in it for a little while, but it’s not my childlike fascination with magic that intrigued me most about this video.
What interested me was that this relatively basic magic trick was listed in the most viewed videos of the month for Youtube. There are far more amazing magic tricks that are posted on Youtube, yet this one has gone viral. Why?
Because it involves you. It pulls you in. It gets you to actually do something. We like to be involved in things. We like to be part of interactions with those in front of us. And that got me thinking about church. There’s been a lot of discussion in church circles about interaction during worship and especially the preaching event.
How can we help members so that as they listen, they feel like they’re also interacting with the pastor? How can we help the whole thing be as much an experience as simply a data dump or a lesson? Or should these questions even be considered? Is it appropriate for sermons to involve the people, or should it primarily be about listening as the pastor reveals God’s truths? Can these two things somehow come together?
I’d love to hear what you think about interaction during worship and the sermon. Do you like it when the pastor makes you do things, speak, write, etc? Do you think this is or could be helpful in getting people to take the truths of the message and actually start to apply them?
Topics: Videos that make us think |
June 25th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
I always feel stupid when I watch how a magic trick really works. I should stay away from the ‘reveal’ videos & just enjoy the mind-boggling thrill of simple magic tricks…
Argh…