You can go off in any direction surfing the Web. Its not like turning pages in a book. Another example is the way television programs are constructed today. Bonanza worked like that. We get a program like ER, in which segments are fast-paced and disconnected.
Kids expect stuff like that.
Needed changes This and other changes require a shift in how we teach, says Thomas Johnson, pastor of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Covina, Calif., who teaches at the Claremont School of Theology. It calls for three changes in the way confirmation ministry is done. Theologically the church needs to return to Luther's understanding that confirmation flows out of baptism. It nurtures the young person's relationship with God and the church that was created in baptism. Educationally the process needs to become less a tool to assimilate people into the church and more a stimulus toward developing mature faith and discipleship.