Here and Now

What made me laugh this morning:

I read this article this morning, thought the points were salient to all churches.  Read the whole article  here . Here are the salient points: 1. Your church isn’t for them.  2. You don’t expect guests.    3. You don’t acknowledge guests.    4. You don’t advertise.    5. They haven’t been invited.    6. You’re not talking about what they care about.   So, how are we doing on those?  How is any church?  There may not be much you can do about #1 - I mean, we live in a consumer culture** and people will select their place of worship.  The cold reality is that people choose where they WANT to go to church.  I'm sorry, no it shouldn't be that way, but it is.  Get over it. #2 is really common, and in every sized church I've been in.***  Yes, there are lots of churches that do a good job of welcoming guests and getting information to them (I've been to a few - and I serve at one, thank you very much) but it's way too easy to get in the "closed family" m

A week or two ago, Baby Blues did a short series on Zoe asking mom for a candy necklace and mom saying no.  It was so my life when we go to the store.  Anyway, here's one of the strips that perfectly encapsulates the moment when Lori or I say no: So, you gotta click the pic to see the punchline :)