Thursday, September 16, 2010

Jon Acuff - Influence 2010


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