Is Anybody Out There?

I’ve been reading a book by Richard Rohr titled “Everything Belongs”. There’s a chapter that’s called “Don’t Push the River”. Now, for what ever reason, I started thinking about churches as I read the chapter. Maybe it’s because Diane and I have been looking for a new place to settle into.

After about a month and a half of looking around I’ve come to the conclusion that there are two types of churches. There are ones that know who they are and ones that are trying to figure out what church is these days.

The ones that know who they are are comfortable with saying, out loud if they have to, “We are the church, come have church with us, it’s not that bad.”

The ones that are trying to figure out what church is these days look into your eyes and try to figure out what you think they want them to look like. After going through that exercise they devise a program that, if successful, will give them a vehicle to have church without you knowing it. Oh, they will certainly slip some “churchy” stuff in, but the goal is to have church without anybody knowing it.

I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting kind of funny already 😉