Jon Acuff - Internet Christian Celebrity, epic breakdancer, wearer of v-necks | stuffchristianslike.net & twitter.com/prodigaljohn
- I try to clear away the clutter of Christianity so we can see the beauty of Christ
- We don’t see that humor can be a communication tool
- Three myths when it comes to Christianity and humor
- Myth 1: Christian humor must be cheesy
- This is the hardest generation to communicate with in history of mankind
- The average person sees 3000-5000 marketing messages a day
- We have access to more information than we’ve ever had in the history of mankind
- I think we get around that with humor
- It is important to have the ability to surprise
- Nobody waits to the very end of a sermon to pay attention
- Booty - God - Booty http://stuffchristianslike.net/2008/04/113-booty-god-booty/
- Booty - God - Booty surprises the crowd and stops them from associating with something old and tossing it in the bucket
- Myth 2: Sometimes we think you can only do serious good if you’re serious
- Sometimes we treat youth ministers as “silver medal” ministers. There is a perception youth ministry is about water balloons and shaving cream.
- When we start to get serious we use theology...we use our seminary language...even if we didn’t go to seminary
- There is part of that wants the affirmation of being successful
- Christian celebrity is one of the worst drugs in ministry
- The creator of all space and time knows your name; that is as famous as you can get
- As a kid, you don’t come into being knowing that other kids can starve. You learn about it as a teen...and you learn to forget about it as an adult...
- Raised $30,000 through a humor blog in 18 hours. $60,000 in 25 days
- Myth 3: Humor has to be mean
- We’ve been made fun of so much that we’re oversensitive
- Two types of humor: Satire & mockery
- Mockery always has a victim, mockery’s goal is to wound people
- God is not down with mockers, Proverbs has 800 verses where God is punching mockery in the face
- Satire is humor with a purpose, and my purpose is Christ
- Mockery is a good shortcut for a quick laugh, but removes the ability for love later
- Humor can be used to tell beautiful stories that need that intro
- Christian f-word: Fine
- Mustard Ice Cream Story
- I’ve done the kind of things that when a character in a movie does them, you want them to get hit by a car later
- I came to the place where I couldn’t fix “me” with “me”
- Jesus came for the broken bowls
- If you can weave humor through the story and push people forward, they stick with you
- Psalm 126:2
- Our laughter reveals God’s glory
- There are a million powerful communication tools, humor is a form of worship. Humor is a gift. Humor can reveal God’s glory