This is a guest post from Dave Sandell. This is the second post in a two-part series. Part one is here.

Creativity & Lost

Last night, Lost began its sixth and final season.  And this morning, thousands of blogs, message boards, newspapers, podcasts, water cooler talks and impromptu lunch breaks are springing up dissecting each second of the premiere.  Millions of people will obsess over every second and every shot.  As I said yesterday, the thought of a community of people responding that way to a sermon or a message from our church is exciting to me.  So, today we continue our look at what churches can learn from Lost‘s creative process.

Lost is a show that thrives on mysteries, mythologies and answers waiting to be discovered.  The creators of Lost seem to have a master plan, and viewers who obsess over every scene are often rewarded.  So, I’m tempted to develop a master plan for our church messages.  I’m tempted to obsess over each little word.

But what’s amazing about Lost is that it’s mostly accidental.  There was no masterplan from the very beginning. Everything that happened, happened organically.

A brief history of the creative process of Lost:

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This is a guest post from Dave Sandell. This is the first in a two-part series.

The Audience Experience

Tonight, Lost begins its final season, 18 hours that will consummate a television series that’s changed the way people think about the medium.  For the next two days, I want to look at two things churches can learn from Lost. Tomorrow, as we buzz about the ramifications of whatever we see tonight, we’ll discuss what we can learn from the creative process of the show. Today, I want to think about Lost‘s audience experience, and what it could mean for a church.

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