Nevertheless, we do struggle with how much is too much. It seems though that images are part of our culture. You cant capture their hearts if you cant capture their attention. I can only tell you the results we are getting with our Saturday Night Multimedia Service. People who have been going to church for years tell me that this is the first time they can remember what was preached the previous week.
Media only distracts if it is poorly chosen.
Media well chosen reinforces the oral proclamation with images and music. I think it is important to remember that for the last 40 years or so with the advent of T.V. we have been becoming more and more visual learners. Now with the computer we are becoming more than ever multisensory learners. I want to agree with you that it is time consuming to find the right images or video to help make a point. In writing a sermon you do your study first, you figure out what the text says and what it has to say to your particular context, but then there is still that creative moment that must take place as to how you are going to shape and craft the information to make your presentation of the information most understandable by the people you are trying to communicate the message too.