The people who make up Christianity are determined to be ‘in the world, but not of the world’ so much that they are overwhelmingly compelled to form sub-cultures to suit their separateness. I’m a fan of Christian books and a few musical selections, but do we really need absolutely everything to have an ixthus on it?
Boycotting any institution, business, people group or soft drink has never solved any of the world’s problems, but yet Christians insist on continually boycotting stuff. If you really want organizations of any kind to change, why don’t you get involved? Get on the City Council, sit on the Board of Directors, start a business…Just stop boycotting. It makes those of us who actually love God and love people look really bad.
Why are we insistent upon having alternatives to ‘pagan’ holidays? We take the one day a year where the entire neighborhood comes to your house, knocks on your door, and asks you for a treat and hold a ‘harvest festival’ at our churches. This is one of the dumbest things I can think of. Halloween is probably the second most important Christian holiday. Oh, by the way, don’t hand out some stupid tract with the candy. Be creative. Tracts are dumb. I’ve never heard of anyone accepting Christ because of a tract. If you really want to reach out, have a haunted house in your basement or garage. Do something cool not just for the kids but for the parents.
For the most part, we have no idea who our neighbors are. My neighbors are difficult to get to know, but I’m working on it. Do you know yours?
It is trendy in Churches to be ‘relevant’. Relevance is relative. Are you relevant to your culture or someone else’s? That is where the rubber meets the road…What is relevant in Rochester, MN is not relevant in San Diego, CA.
Finally, I hate that I cannot even call myself a Christian without negative connotations. I love Jesus. I follow his leading in my life. I learn from the way that he did life and ministry. I don’t follow the people who follow him because many of them suck. I suck sometimes too, but the difference is that I realize it, learn from it and don’t do it again.
boodan38
I wondered if there were any other disenfranchised churchians, I mean christians. Churchianity does suck. It's so scripted, and I have never felt moved going to a church service. It's always the same thing, and you know how it's going to end..