Bloggers and Preachers Who Have Nothing to Say

Posted by Chris on Jan 12, 2010 in Church, Life |

I haven’t blogged this week because I have nothing to say.  It’s not that there’s nothing going on in my life.  Actually, I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed by some decisions I have to make.  But I write this blog to get others to seriously think about life, not to complain about my own.  You’d stop reading this if became just another blog about someone and their cat.

Recently I was talking to a friend about a preacher we heard, who over the course of half an hour, didn’t really say anything.  We’ve actually had this discussion a number of times.  For some reason, it seems that bloggers and preachers don’t really have a point to make, or want to make a point, or even know how.

Granted, we are an impossible audience.  Because of podcasting, we can listen to the best speakers in the world anytime we want.  The average collar doesn’t stand a chance.

People like me write blogs everyday, because that’s how to turn their hobby into a Google Adwords money maker and book deal.  Preachers get up every Sunday, because that is their job.

What if it were okay to just say “don’t read my blog until I have something meaningful to share,” or “I’m not going to preach this week, because I didn’t find anything in text that would help you live like Christ.”

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  • Samjones

    I think if all else failed, a preacher could just read the Bible aloud, as in Ezra. Or if a sermon cannot be put together, it could be indicative of something else serious going on, in the pastor or the Body. (Either sin or God doing some particular moving and shaking).

    Your point stands though, about folks (and I’d say more than just pastors and bloggers) talking because it’s a role they have, not because they have anything worthwhile to say. That’s part of why men need wives, to help us know when we should shut up. ;)

  • Ash Crill

    I think this is one of the symptoms of the ritualistic rut churches have been plowing for hundreds of years, where we do things because we’ve always done them that way, not because the ‘things’ add value at this point in time.

    Its a trend that we seem to slip into so easily, but also one that Jesus spent much of his ministry fighting against. I’m as guilty as any, and it seems that we indulge in ritual as a way to distract our selves from doing the harder things Jesus calls us to do.

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