I'm having trouble. Because I'm beginning to think that we don't belong in churches. It doesn't really seem to make sense how we are supposed to witness these days - by inviting people to church. What we are doing is making people come to us, and when we arrive, we expect them to join us in the programs we have designed for ourselves. First they sing songs they don't know, with lyrics they don't understand, then they shake hands with people that are too happy to see them, after which the pastor will ask them to open up a book they don't have, and turn to a part they don't know how to get to. It occurred to me the other day that by inviting people to church, I might actually be turning them off to it.
This is what I do believe: that we as Christians should be the body of Christ reaching out openly to all people, everywhere. A whole unit, made up of people, just people, not denominations or associations.
And that we are not.
We are a giant frog, sitting on a hill, looking smug. Happy to snatch at the flies around it and look down upon the swamp below him. What we should be is a lizard, full of motion and the ability to adapt to all surroundings.
Not to say I don't love the church building I attend..I do. But I am frustrated. Because I feel as though we have hidden our identities in the pews of our churches, and forgotten our purpose here on earth.
I just want to do life with people. And maybe then they will see that I have something worth living for.
Matthew 28:19
that is very true. and makes perfect sense. good thinking, audra. good observation.
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