I have a dilemma. It’s also a confession.

I don’t get it.  I don’t understand the hype of all of the conferences.  I’ve noticed them more and more, and I’m sure there are some things you learn at them.  What I don’t understand is why there are so many of them.  And why all of them are ‘epic’.

I don’t understand why my twitter explodes with hashtags and motivational comments for the span of the conference. when I say explodes, I mean, it’s like a twitter Hiroshima.

I don’t understand why I also get an explosion of people saying how great lunch was at this conference.  ie: “My lunch was delicious, I love fajitas.  Now I’m going to go to a session on world hunger. #superawesomeconference09″

I don’t understand why in this world, we’ve decided that gathering together as believers/leaders and talking about what the church has done wrong or what one church seems to have right is the answer.

I don’t understand. How listening to ‘famous pastors’ talk is going to improve the world, or the Kingdom.  It seems to me the only thing that might improve is a churches numbers, and our egos. (Is that what it’s about?)

I don’t understand why we can’t use this conference mentality and gather money and motivation and hearts for the poor, hungry and broken people, instead of a 3-D projector, a new sound system, or a bus to shuttle people from our far away parking lot.

I’m a cynic, I know.  What’s your take?  Hit me.