Thunderbirds

Here is one of the kids shows I loved growing up.

What I learned about going to Church

I’ve been looking back on my religious experience seeing how I got to believe what I do today. Many of the church experiences I participated in hindsight were distractions and fluff vs having a pure faith. I had great intentions yet most of my time I did activities and tasks to create environments to attract people to fill up the church building so someone else could tell them about Jesus, They say a prayer and poof !!, a new Christian is born and a new number to tell everyone we as a church were growing. Unfortunately it seems we have been turning out lots church goers and volunteers doing the same thing I was doing.

If I can be honest. I don’t like being around church goers much anymore. Most of them are lifeless, boring and drain the life out of me. My unchurched neighbors seem to have more life in them. Their life challenges and struggles are the same as most people in church but they don’t hide behind religious words and smiling faces. I don’t want to convert people to say the almighty prayer and become church goers. I want people to experience the reality of Gods presence in their everyday lives, not a manufactured one most church environments create on Sunday.

I am just going to follow Jesus and with his help try to do what he did. .

I am fortunate to have wonderful Christian friends. They are dynamic inside and outside the church building and have a real and active faith.

To everyone else reading this. Let Jesus be an everyday part of you. Don’t ever settle for the status quo. It’s ok to go to Church to experience it and participate in the ministry it provides. Just don’t let it keep you from the real life God has for you.