I came across this email news item which I thought might be of interest. The full article is in the link.
Is it good communication or the church just trying a bit too hard?
What do you think?
DR WHO’S SERMON ‘TOOLKIT’
Dr Who ascended with angels, a vision inspired Rose, and the Daleks terrorised mankind. And, in the Church’s bid to engage with teenagers, this symbolism could help communicate Christian ideas that would otherwise be difficult to explain, ministers heard this week at a Church Army conference. ‘Clergy shouldn’t be afraid to engage with popular culture as, for many young people, television plays a large role in their thinking,’ said Church Army spokesman Andrew Wooding. Revd Andrew Myers, of St Aidan’s in Leeds, said: ‘Even the more cynical have been convinced that this immensely successful series provides a wonderful toolkit!’
Source: Daily Telegraph (4/5) Full text link
2 comments:
Hi Roy, the link doesn't work (on my computer) if you click on it but does if you copy and paste it into the address bar so not sure what's wrong or whether you can fix it.
The link works now - I hope !!!
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