Church
The topic of my heart for most of my life in the church has been on trying to understand why "church" felt so constructed and consumerist. We line up on Sundays to get our spiritual fix, our sermon that makes us feel good and we might even pump each others tires on our baby steps towards following Jesus. I know I do. I've fallen into the same trap that I've tried to avoid all my life. I feel like I'm falling into the abyss of pew warming Christians who treat their faith like a condiment. It's something to help accentuate my life and nothing more. Because, if it became something more, I would have to follow Jesus.Pick up your cross doesn't mean stare at it and think about how heavy it is. It doesn't mean think about picking it up but I might get around to doing it tomorrow. It should mean "PICK UP YOUR CROSS"
So why does Church feel the way it does. Why do I look at Church as something optional. Why does laying in bed seem like a much better idea then going to church. I guess I should be thankful that Jesus didn't lie in bed instead of picking up the cross.
I was doing my weekly looking around the net for new emergent blogs from people with like questions on their hearts. Came across this post. I'll drop the link to the whole post but this one paragraph in particular really stood out.
Jesus made friends with many people, from many walks of life and many different lifestyles. He never judged them (except the religious leaders) for who they were, and he was willing to go that extra mile to truly be connected to people. He cared more about the heart of people, then developing a program that would do very little for them. Jesus did something very important, that many churches today miss – he made friends with people, he was not “just friendly” to people. What many churches today do not realize is that we are not looking for a “friendly church” we are looking for a “church of friends,” a church where we can make and keep friendships. People today are disconnected with each other, and no program will make that connection. What needs to happen, I believe, is that the church needs to develop this “relationship driven church” into a core of it’s being, and not as part of the church program.
Here is a link to the rest of the post
So what does all this mean?
posted by Terrance Wills @ 9:51 p.m.
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