In preparation for Friday’s show I checked Chris Martin’s Twitter feed before going to bed.

Here’s what I found:

Oh man. Tomorrow night, two of the biggest video creators in the world are partnering up for @KEEMSTAR’s Friday Fortnite tournament. @ninja is the biggest Twitch streamer in the world. @pewdiepie is the most subscribed YouTuber in the world (96 mil subs).

— Chris Martin (@ChrisMartin17) June 7, 2019

Leading me to wonder just how many of us know what a “video creator” is today.

Or #Fortnite, a Fortnite tournament, @Keemstar, @Ninja or @pewdiepie (which I have since learned rhymes with Cutie Pie). Do you know what a Twitch steamer is and what about a YouTuber? They are people. And PewDiePie has 96 million subscribers to a page where he posts videos of himself playing video games.

The Tweet that got Chris all worked up?

https://twitter.com/KEEMSTAR/status/1136660494641770496

What is Fortnite and why should I, as a Christian, care?  We care because millions of people are consuming and participating in a cultural phenomenon that many of us have never heard of. Here’s a primer:

Russell Moore’s YouTube channel and the Fortnite video with Samuel…

Like Russell Moore, I’ve never played Fortnite but also like RDM, I have a 13 year old boy in my house. I also have a summer intern who is 19. I have learned from him more in the past two weeks about all the things I don’t know than he has learned from me.

So, here’s my Friday question: who in the next generation knows you well enough and trusts you deeply enough to talk with you about all the things they know – and are doing – that you don’t know?  Surprise them today by telling them you’ve heard about a Fortnite tournament they might be interested in and watch it together. What might happen if that happened?