“Trending” as in “what’s trending?” is a social networking term used to describe what latest “hot new thing” is gaining popularity online and in our TGIF (Twitter, Google, Instagram, Facebook) culture. If you know what is “trending” then supposedly you’ve got your finger, or at least your texting finger, on the pulse of “what’s happening” in the world today.

What have you heard is trending? Anyone?...This would be a great time for you to enter the congregational space and interact with your people about what “trends” they’re tracking…You may want to prime the pump and ask some of your youth what music is trending…what’s their favorite musician, and then ask if that musician is “cool” or not cool? . . .

At the end of the interaction you might want to mention that you’ve heard that the cou…