A few days ago I was sent a video of a piano staircase that Volkswagen built as part of a project they call The Fun Theory. The tag line from the site says this:
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better.
This has really started my mind going. Fun imagine that- it can change behaviour or behavior? I showed this to Amy The First Grade Teacher, and she said “That’s why we don’t sit in desks anymore”. Hm. Then I think about our churches and for the most part the word “fun” never comes to mind. I wonder if there is something we can learn from this. After all, one of the biggest messages of the Bible is about changing your behavior from someone full of evil and selfishness to someone full of love and mercy and grace and concern for others. This is a half baked thought at the moment, and I am sure this space will be used to elaborate on these thoughts in more detail after the “GREATEST DAY OF THE YEAR” – which is quickly coming upon us.
Oh a quick aside, after missing a day in the countdown yesterday – my count downer was ill – here is BonJovi’s I Wish Everyday Could be Like Christmas to get you through the third day before Christmas!
And back to our thought’s for today-behavior change . As you have great fun this week, celebrated your blessings with your family, and remembering the gift of the savior. Let this fun which is transforming you into a gift giving machine continue to change your behavior. Take a look at those first shepherds. you know it was fun to see that baby, to bow before the king – awe inspiring – but fun. And they walked away changed. Walk away from this Christmas changed by the newborn babe!
Luke 2:20 (New International Version)
20The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told