We sat down and made a list of things we really like in worship...things that help us connect with the holy...things that inspire and motivate us in our Christian journey. That list was written under the highly theological symbol of the "happy face." Under the "sad face" went all the things that distract us or keep us from effective worship.
One of the biggies under the sad face was "preacher talk." "Preacher talk" is when the preacher talks one way when she/he is talking to you face-to-face, then goes into highly formal, "prissy" speech in the pulpit. We all agreed that drives us crazy. "Why can't people be 'real,' even in the pulpit?" we lamented.
Then, the youth got into the pulpit to do liturgy and put on their "preacher voices." Paul asks, "Why do I do the things I hate?" I always thought he was talking about some special sin...but now I think it might have been prissy preacher talk.
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