Jesus Hates Papyrus » shot glass http://jesushatespapyrus.com helping the church become the most creative place on the planet. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:33:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Is there such a thing as going to far? http://jesushatespapyrus.com/originality/is-there-such-a-thing-as-going-to-far/ http://jesushatespapyrus.com/originality/is-there-such-a-thing-as-going-to-far/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:10:44 +0000 Michael Buckingham http://jesushatespapyrus.com/?p=55 I love originality. Sadly we have a severe lack of creativity in the church today. We copy the church down the street, rip off the latest TV show and we even are even preaching the same exact stock messages. All of those things can be great springboards, but only if you allow them to stir your creativity and do the hard work of developing original ideas from them.

oh god billboardWe’ve worked with churches and put sermon branding on race cars, sent people out to scrape the ice off of people’s cars, and even taped people’s mouth shut…but is there such a thing as going to far? Are we pushing the envelope to communicate more effectively or for the simple effect of shock and awe?

What about that billboard, it’s funny and I’d laugh as I drove by, but is it too much?

shot glassOr how about a shot glass with a church logo on it, is that going to far and giving a green light to the activity?

What about XXXchurch? They’ve made a big splash in porn but can they go too far?xxx

What do you think? How much is too much in bringing originality to the church? Is there such a thing? Can you go too far to reach people?

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