You wrote that “some of these hipster pastors are phony, or perhaps real but caught up in a carefully derived image.”
Yes. I totally agree.
I serve in my church’s “worship” band, and personally struggle to play in a way that is relevant to the people I’m serving, but at the same time I embrace the ancient truths of Scripture. It’s a fun challenge to be “current” and “ancient” at the same time. :-)
The great thing about the ancient truths of scripture is that the most basic and ancient of these truths…is that we worship a God who is outside of time…therefore He is both ancient and current - and now that I think of it, also a God of the future as well.