5th Grade Logic
Duke got beat tonight. LSU stung the Blue Devils with an eight point win. So, and this is where the 5th grade sporting logic comes into play, if LSU beat Duke by eight and the Aggies lost to LSU by one, then the Aggies would beat Duke by seven. Cool, huh? I'm a huge Duke fan but A&M is where my heart is, so it's kinda cool to say that my Aggies would beat Duke by seven...according to my fifth grade logic.
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Ira's not coming home this week. He started throwing up on Tuesday night and continued to do so all day Wednesday. He's on IV fluids right now. So, we're stuck for a little while longer. What's a few more days, right? sigh...
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Got interviewed for a local Brooklyn newspaper the other day. The journalist asked, "What are people looking for in a church?" After giving a disclaimer - "Well, people are looking for a wide variety of things." - I attempted to distill the answer into something more tangible. I said that New Yorkers want three things: 1. authenticity 2. a place to experience sacred moments and 3. a place that takes seriously the injustices of the world.
So how would you answer the question, "What are people looking for in a church?"
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Ira's not coming home this week. He started throwing up on Tuesday night and continued to do so all day Wednesday. He's on IV fluids right now. So, we're stuck for a little while longer. What's a few more days, right? sigh...
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Got interviewed for a local Brooklyn newspaper the other day. The journalist asked, "What are people looking for in a church?" After giving a disclaimer - "Well, people are looking for a wide variety of things." - I attempted to distill the answer into something more tangible. I said that New Yorkers want three things: 1. authenticity 2. a place to experience sacred moments and 3. a place that takes seriously the injustices of the world.
So how would you answer the question, "What are people looking for in a church?"
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posted by jch at
9:43 PM
4 Comments:
My husband says to say ... "People aren't looking for a church. They're looking for community. It doesn't matter where they find it. Bowling club, basketball, the local bar - wherever they find it. The church was designed to show the world how to do community. Now we've been so neutralized by the enemy that the question, 'What are people looking for in a church?', actually reflects the mentality of the church.
Jesus said that the Father would draw people to Himself. He gave a new command right before his death. To love one another. He didn't say love people into the church. And he didn't say it would draw people into the church. He just said, 'Love one another.' He also said, 'This is how the world will know that you belong to Me.'
Ultimately Jesus didn't care what people looked for in a church. And neither should we."
My husband can be a little controversial, though. :o) As it sounds like you can be, too. You can find him at http://www.bradstanford.com
I would say a definite yes to authenticity. Genuineness. Realness. Transparency. Real love and real life. Not just lip service.
Thanks for asking!
I like churches where people admit that they sin, while also trying to better themselves. I have been to many churches where people pretend to be perfect.
My answer: "Family." Everything a family should be, but isn't, for a lot of people. Another way to say this is authentic community, like some other comments have said.
Amy
(Jonathan's mom)
Well, my 6th grade logic, and of course all honesty, tells me that people are looking for
1. something to get from church
2. a place where everyone is just like me
3. a place where i'm forgiven but can also judge others mistakes
So in reality, people need to look for the total opposite. The "opposite George-theory of life"
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