In the Gutenberg world of “seeker-sensitive worship” of the past decades, the prime directive was nonparticipation. Check out any old etiquette manual and you’ll see that nonparticipation applied to all aspects of life: don’t ask a famous person for an autograph in a lavatory; don’t crush a walnut in the crook of your arm in a restaurant; don’t applaud in church. Today, in this Google world and karaoke culture, a participatory or interactive homiletic is based on the priesthood-of-all-believers notion that the whole community is called to collaborate in the ministry of Word and story. It takes
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