{"id":782,"date":"2010-10-11T10:23:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T16:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/?p=782"},"modified":"2010-10-11T10:23:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T16:23:59","slug":"what-do-people-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/archives\/782","title":{"rendered":"What Do People Want?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I read an article a few days ago questioning what young people long for in worship services. You can read it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccli.com\/WorshipCorner\/Article.aspx?ContentId=49e3dcb4-ee38-427b-995a-c08665f6defe\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have mixed feelings about such articles. I, too, long for the type of worship service he says young people are longing for. Yet, I wonder if young people at large really do want that kind of service. If so, why do they flock to the &#8220;hip&#8221; services? Why aren&#8217;t young people abandoning these hip services and starting their own, if they really long for them?<\/p>\n<p>I think this article generally reflects the frustration of a few, probably including the author. But as a whole, I don&#8217;t see it. However, as a church leader, I think my time is more well-spent investing in this minority. Where are these people who desire authenticity and knowing Christ in a real, deep way? Let&#8217;s come together and do something substantial for the kingdom of God!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read an article a few days ago questioning what young people long for in worship services. You can read it here. I have mixed feelings about such articles. I, too, long for the type of worship service he says young people are longing for. Yet, I wonder if young people at large really do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-culture","category-the-church-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":784,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions\/784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timfalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}