Christianity Today, June 2005, had a one-page article by Andy Crouch about “Visualcy.” He talks about how we have now moved into the digital age – and the age where people are expressing themselves visually (not orally or with written words). I think that this is a really interesting idea and helps make sense of where society is going. Crouch also didn’t make judgments about it, but identified that we need to look at it. How do we communicate between the people raised in different “ages”? How we recognize the beauty of the visual age?
How do churches connect with people in this age? I think that this whole thing may be one of the reasons that churches are struggling with using “powerpoint” or not. Powerpoint can capture the images and help people connect visually to the message. This way of connecting doesn’t matter for those who grew up in the “written word” age. Made for interesting food for thought.
Posted by Heather Voss at August 17, 2005 10:59 PMAnd maybe why the Emergent folk are so into icons and other religious visual art.
Posted by: Tripp at August 19, 2005 02:06 PM