It's all how you look at it

Last night, while watching t.v., I found a station showing HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (the cartoon version). I was so excited. The Grinch cartoon is like the "official" start of the Christmas season for me.

I called for my daughters to come and watch this awesome holiday masterpiece with me and my wife. My little girls came running into the room and then came to an abrupt halt. The words they said next stunned me. "OH! We thought you were watching the REAL Grinch." My wife and I instantly shouted out, "This IS the real Grinch!". My girls quickly disagreed and went back to their room to finish the little game they had been playing.
I sat there amazed. The "real Grinch" they are referring to is that Jim Carry piece of trash movie remake in 2000, of the most awesome Christmas cartoon ever. Whenever I see the Jim Carry/Grinch on t.v. I turn it. How can they think the Jim Carry/Grinch beats the cartoon verse? That version is stupid to me. That's not how the Grinch is supposed to be.

As I sat there in disbelief, I was suddenly struck by a thought. I wondered if this is how some of the old people at my church feel, when they see giant video screens, colored lights and a guy with a fohawk / untucked shirt / dirty looking jeans on stage leading worship. Do they stand there and think, "That's not howworship is supposed to be, that's stupid."?

Maybe this Christmas I should take a closer look at what worship really is . And maybe I should begin cutting the old people in my church some slack.