Church

 

Another perspective…

Why I Quit the Church - http://www.catalystspace.com/content/read/why_i_quit_the_church/

followed up with…

How a guy who went to strip clubs helped me go back to church - http://ethoshift.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/how-a-guy-who-went-to-strip-clubs-helped-me-go-back-to-church/

 

quotes from the above two posts:

-  Not all who wander are lost.  Indeed.  But I would add this...Not all who wander are lost...but all who wander are searching.

-  Church isn't a weird, secret club, it's a feast and there's room for everyone at the table. (And I do mean EVERYONE).

-  I believe wandering must be a part of following Jesus, because the more we wander, the more we meet people to invite to the feast.

-  Along the way I bumped into people who time and time again served as blockades of grace that helped me slow down until I finally realized this: What Christ laid out in the gospels doesn’t need any improvement.

-  And when my children look at me I want them to see hope instead of cynicism. I want them to see a dad who gets it wrong a lot, but knows where to turn when I fall.  Because we don’t need more people trying to fix the church, we just need people to be the church.