From Right-Brain Preaching:

C.S. Lewis once referred to himself as "the most reluctant convert in all of Christendom." The night before his conversion, Lewis had a long conversation with J.R.R. Tolkein, author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Tolkein was a Christ follower and he tried to convince Lewis of the credibility of Christ. But Lewis was full of objections. At one point, Tolkein said, "Your inability to understand stems from a failure of imagination on your part!"

One of the greatest threats to the future of the church is a failure of our right-brain imaginations.

I think C.S. Lewis modeled whole-brained Christianity. His theological writings are as logical as logic can be. And the Narnia series is as creative as creative can be.

I've said it a thousand times, but there are two ways of doing ministry: ministry out of memory and ministry out of imagination. Ministry out of memory is doing it the way its always been done. Ministry out of imagination is incarnating the gospel in new ways.

We need some more preachers with sanctified imaginations.

Which way do the people in your church tend to approach ministry: "the way it's always been done," or "incarnating the gospel in new ways?"

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