Saturday, September 01, 2012

Seeking God...

...in Tech Country: Valley of God
DeGroat is a down-to-earth guy. He wears jeans when he preaches and sometimes swears in conversation. He talks more in philosophical, intellectual terms than religious ones. The services he leads at City Church are utterly lacking in the multimedia shows of many modern churches that try to appeal to a younger audience. There are no flashing lights here, no video clips interspersed through the sermon, no eight-piece rock band. With such a technically talented population, DeGroat figures they better not even try. Instead he appeals to their intellect with solid reasoning. He wants to take sceptics seriously. “We don’t want to bullshit people because, particularly in San Francisco, there’s a big bullshit meter,” he says.

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