How does the church communicate? What language do we use to proclaim the Good News of Christ? I think these are important questions that we had better answer if we are going to engage this time and culture with any hope of making a difference.

The language of my generation no longer speaks to the generations behind me. The rational approach of logic and argument finds very little acceptance in today’s world. What seems to connect with people born after me today is story. I don’t have any problem with this since the vast majority of scripture is found in story form. My kids have seen more movies in there life then I will ever see. There generation is not mindless and shallow. There generation connects stories and finds meaning in them.

How do we who claim to be disciples engage a culture that seems to hear best when told a story? My suggestion is that we start with our own stories. We need to be able to articulate how e came to faith and what the journey was like. We also need to be able to communicate the truth is story form rather then logical argument.

This week I’ll preach one of the most powerful stories in scripture, the parable of the prodigal son. My job is to let the story speak and not try to fill in around it. The story itself communicates the good news of Jesus.