Utility or Experience

Here's a few things we are working through right now as a staff at a growing church - we trying to figure out how to add a service, maintain spiritual significance, hire for a few key positions, . . . . .

And one simple temptation is this - meet minimal expectations. That's what I call utility. There is nothing wrong with utility. I eat for utility. I don't really love food and crave food. I get hungry, I eat. I don't savor tastes and think about food all day. That is utility. And I am a poor cook.

See, utility is ok, it's acceptable, it will get you by. But nobody talks about utility. Nobody seeks out utility. Nobody asks for more of utility.

But an experience is much different. Everyone craves an experience. Everyone asks about an experience, blogs or twitters about an experience.

I try to teach my class, communicate in HSM or Aqua by creating an experience.

So that is our issue we often face. There is only so much time, and you have to prioritize and rearrange your work week every single day of life. And you/we face a choice. Utility or Experience.

An Experience is much more challenging, intensive and time consuming. But so much more worth it.

I'm not saying we get this right all the time, but I think we know the right answer - church must always be an experience.

Jesus was an experience.

I guess you get my verbal diahrea when I don't blog for a bit.

I think I misspelled diahhrea. Pretty sure I did it again.

Diarrhea.

That was an experience