Despite All This.....

Well, I did mention in my last post that I love my church even more than I used to. Which is true. But I think there are a few things I need to say about my church. Before I get started, let me say something in the defence of the old gal. I love my church. I love her alot. Maybe that is why I can write what I am about to write.

I sometimes get sick of the fact that nearly anything could be preached at Hillsong and you would still get people applauding and screaming, and wooing enthusiastically. Sometimes, I really do wish that people would spend a little more time really thinking about what the person up there is saying. Sometimes I get sick of the idolatry of personality that I find. Sometimes I just get angry.

And when I think about these I can also see that what every preacher is trying to do is communicate a massive point, with references, contexts, etc in a format that is both informative and engaging and that thirty minutes is not enough to do so. I also know (after having talked with a few people) that most of the people I know don't get most of what they need from the preacher. They get it at home when they read the word for themselves, in their quiet times, during their own devotionals. I know, and I love the fact that they are trying to help people become better people. I know, that my church is really just like a person. A big, flawed but very loving person that is doing their best.

And I love my church, for all of who she is.

Josh