Happy Plastic People
Posted on February 10, 2006
As I have mentioned, we are doing a study in my small group based on the Casting Crowns CD, Lifesong. It is a good study and really pushing me to look at worship in a new way.
By the way, earlier I offered the study guide to anyone who wanted it and that offer still stands, if you want the study guide I created, it’s just a Word document and it is actually finished now. Last time I offered it, there were actually people who took me seriously and I was in the process of re-working it, so they had to wait a few days. So, now, it’s finished and still available, if you want it.
The first 3 studies helped us establish a ‘Foundation for Worship’ and last Friday we began the section titled ‘Missing the Point of Worship’ and the song of the night was ‘Stained Glass Masquerade’. This is the week I had been looking forward to because of it’s message, it totally hits close to home for me. It talks of worship not being a performance and what would it be like if we all let down our masks, our happy faces, and truly worshipped, to show our weaknesses and let others minister to us while we minister to others. The line from the song that goes through my head more than I probably want to admit is this:
Are we happy plastic people under shiny plastic steeples
With walls around our weakness and smiles to hide our pain
God is really working on me lately, taking me deeper in my relationship with Him. It’s wild, I’m doing things I don’t normally do, like actually read and study the Bible. The question that bounces around my head lately is ‘What is worship? What does it mean to worship?’ I am studying scripture and reading different things about it and it is fascinating.
The picture above is our take-away from the study last week. I gave everyone their very own happy plastic person as a reminder of what we are not to be. Don’t miss the fact that they are both sporting their own bigtime rifles. We had one extra army guy so Mary snagged his rifle for her girl.
It’s cool because I can make my happy plastic person do all kinds of things:
- stand up
- sit down
- bend over
- raise his arms
- wave
- kick
- shoot his gun
- turn his head
But he does nothing for me and he’s not choosing to do anything. I’m not feeling the love there. As far as us and God, we are here to worship God, not just go thru the motions.
Another couple lines from the song:
But would it set me free
If I dared to let you see
The truth behind the person
That you imagine me to be
That’s the question to ponder.
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Jim Walton is the leader of the Tech Arts Ministry of Fairview Christian Church. This blog is produced independently by Jim and it is his thoughts, his interests, his observations and his ideas. Anything expressed here is not necessarily representative of Fairview Christian Church, but it's likely pretty close! ;)
Hey, I would love a copy of this. Let me know what I need to do to get this from you. Thanks.
Imagine what it would take to let down our guard and simply worship God - full throttle - in a room filled with other believers who are also worshiping God - full throttle. All those tears - all those shouts of praise - all those hands raised in the air - all that Holy Spirit fire floating through the room - wow… I long for this… I crave this… I taste this…
And I’d like to experience this BEFORE I enter heaven, if you don’t mind…
I would love to have a copy of the small group information.
I love the Casting Crowns and continue to find ways to work them
into my bible studies and sermons. I’m currently working on a sermon
based around the song Stained Glass Masquerade.
I know this is a few months behind, but I would like a copy of this as well as I was starting to plan a study on the same thing.
is there anyway i can get that information? it sounds really interesting. may we use it for a retreat?
I would like to have this study guide. I’m from Brazil, and was searching for “Happy Plastic People†to undertand what Casting Crowns realy wanted to transmit in their song, when I faced this so usefull explanation. I will be thankfull if you can give me this. God bless you!
[...] See here if you missed the story behind these 2 rifle wielding plastic people. Â I’m sorry to report that my guy seems to have lost his rifle and lost a hand and lost the girl. [...]
I would love a copy of the study guide for the Lifesong CD
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