this morning the preacher was talking about how Christians are supposed to be different. but then he said that doesn't mean we're supposed to be weird, kooky, or strange.
uh, oops.
I'm going to give this dude the benefit of the doubt and say that he was comforting the poor souls who are hopelessly UNkooky by telling them that it isn't a REQUIREMENT for Christianity. Heck, John the Baptist was downright freaky. I think Jesus takes us the way he made us. He made me a little odd, and it took me thirty years before I realized that it was okay to be who he created me to be. If he had made you quiet and cautious and timid, then it would be a shame for someone to tell you that you had to be somebody different in order to make God happy.
I went to a little start-up church this morning, and while I'm sure that everyone there is totally and completely nice and sincere and even committed, I wanted to conk my head against the wall. My husband and I made the fifth couple there... but next week they're moving their services into the local movie theater. Huh? I know the reasoning -- it's to attract attention and hopefully get people to come. But I've been doing that for nine years now, and I'm tired because putting the cart before the horse just don't work. Why not have the small Bible study until it grows big enough that you have to move out of the community center? I don't understand where this notion comes from, because I've never seen it work yet.
Nope. Can't do that anymore.
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