HOUSTON — A Houston pastor recently preached a four-part series called “The Theology of the iPod,” based on the increasingly popular gadget made by Apple Computer Inc., which allows users to store hundreds of songs, photos and videos.
“What does the iPod have to do with your life?” Sal Sberna, pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church, Houston, asked his 4,000-member congregation. The four sermons focused on making one’s life innovative, simple, small and synchronized, according to the church Web site, themetonline.org. “The reason the outside of the iPod is so simple to use and so beautiful to look at is because of the way they designed the inside of the iPod,” Sberna said. “All you do on the outside is push the little button, drive the wheel and pick what usefulness you want out of your iPod. And so when Jesus talks to us about simplification, it must start on the inside.”
One of Sberna’s goals was to reach out to a generation of youth who rely daily on their iPods and completely understand the language associated with the devices. Another goal was to bring in the unchurched. (TAB)
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