I firmly believe God has a sense of humor. Something like this is how I know… please appreciate it for the tone in which it was posted! And chuckle a little… For more of the story, check out the blog where Blake writes back.
The Audio: Download pitch_your_tent_audio.mp3
The Video: Download pitch_your_tent_video.wmv
John Ortberg has already done something similar:
A unique call to worship (from John Ortberg):
"The church where I work videotapes most of the services, so I have hundreds of message on tape. Only one of them gets shown repeatedly.
This video is a clip from the beginning of one of our services. A high school worship dance team had just brought the house down to get things started, and I was supposed to transition us into some high-energy worship by reading Psalm 150. This was a last-second decision, so I had to read it cold, but with great passion: ‘Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty firmament!‘ The psalm consists of one command after another to praise, working its way through each instrument of the orchestra. My voice is building in a steady crescendo; by the end of the psalm I practically shout the final line, only mispronouncing one word slightly: ‘Let everything that has breasts, praise the Lord.’
A moment of silence. The same thought passes through four thousand brains: Did he just say what I think he did? In church? Is this some exciting new translation I can get at the bookstore?
Then everybody in the place just lost it. They laughed so hard for so long, I couldn’t say a thing. . . . I finally just walked off the stage, and we went on with the next part of the service.
I have been teaching at that church for eight years. Of all the passages I have exegeted and all the messages I have preached, that is the one moment that gets replayed before conferences and workshops. Over and over."
