Last Friday I was riding in the back of the car about 5 1/2 hours from home, headed back from Dallas. AC/DC was blaring on the radio. The best part of it, I was on my way back from a Church Media Conference. Nothing like "Thunderstruck" to keep you inspired after a week long event centered around bringing media into ministry.

I had an amazing time. Not only did I refresh my relationship with God, but I laughed harder than I had in a long time. I have to say I was out of my comfort zone in the beginning, but got over that quickly. Let's just say I was surrounded by a "unique" group of people. My best friend called me to ask how the trip was going, and then asked, "Do you think you'll find your future husband there?". It took all of about 30 seconds to answer that question.

"They're either married or I'm waiting for them to pull out their light sabers and start a Star Wars battle," I said. I know that I'm going to regret saying that. God a sense of humor and I'll probably end up marrying someone with a dog named Chubacka and our first child will be Princess Laya.

Laughing aside, I learned some valuable things during my week at Mesquite (BBQ) Bible Church. People these days are burnt out on traditions and the last thing they want to do is wake up on Sunday mornings, sing hymnals, and listen to a preacher tell them what they shall not do. Not that tradition is wrong. It works for some people.

But as I see today the direction the world is headed I have to ask, how do we change that? I attended church as a child, but not regularly. I remember doing Bible drills, but none of it stuck with me. It wasn't until almost three years ago that I learned who Jesus Christ was. At least I had heard his name though. There are so many people still out there who haven't gotten that far.
So, how do we teach people about the most important person in our lives? I may not have the perfect answer, but know this much; sitting in a church pew every Sunday singing "How Great Thou Art" and hearing fro the 80th time how Moses turned his staff into a snake isn't necessarily going to teach people about the live of Jesus Christ and the free gift of Grace you can receive. Not that those things don't impact us.

I'm almost 25 years old and I'm from a generation of people that watch over five hours of television a day. We can text with our eyes closed. (Okay, I can't.) Email is most common way of communication.

You can tell us the story of the Exodus. You can put the music in our heads. But we also need inspiration from people's lives. Catch our attention! If it's not in our IPOD (Once again, I haven't moved that far in technology yet) or on our favorite television station, or incorporated somehow into our daily lives, we won't hear it or see it.

Media is doing great things for bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ into people's lives. I have already seen the progression, but this conference really put it into perspective. MEDIA IS THE NEW MESSAGE! And we get to do it all for God's glory. AMEN!