A year ago, I sat down to write my annual blog on trends for the New Year. For some reason, I couldn’t hit the “publish” button. It wasn’t because I didn’t think the trends were on target, but partly because I had a fear that some of the trends wouldn’t be very popular to readers.
The other trend for events will be customized, smaller events for specific audiences. Consider offering a retreat focused on one spiritual discipline or a leadership event where the topic focuses on developing skills. These events may be more costly, but the benefits will include increased community, networking, and spiritual development. I believe this could be a win for the event spectrum.
We’ve seen the trend of smaller attention spans happen over the past 10 years and I don’t expect it to slow down. Because we have access to so much information and can get it quickly, attention spans are diminishing. We may be better at multi-tasking, but our attention spans are lower than most goldfish. We are bombarded by screens—holding one in our hand, while also working on a computer with a television nearby. The first time I did an in-depth Bible study was more than 35 years ago.
So, how can we do better? Instead of making social media an idol you consume and count as truth, can we teach women to love one another even though we may have differences of opinions? Can we help women see how the world views Christians because of our online behavior? If the world will know us by our love, then we have a lot of work to do in the next year.There is much chatter where I work and where I serve in my local church about the enneagram and not about spiritual gifts.
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