Just Wondering

Headline: "Religion Briefs"

Source: The local newspaper from a nearby community

Biggest news: Chicken dinner, craft show, "gone fishin" Vacation Bible School

I'm not kidding. Those are the highlights - the biggest things happening in the churches in the southwest suburbs of Chicago these days - the only real "newsworthy" stuff.

Read the whole article yourself and then ask yourself how many Christians might be wondering why "I Became A Christian and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt."

In fact, that's the title of a book by a guy named Vince Antonucci that might be worth a read. Here's an excerpt: 

The more honest among us find ourselves asking questions like: Is this all there is? Is this really what Jesus meant when He said, “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full”? Is this the life Jesus died for me to have? Didn’t Jesus pay too high a price to buy me this life? Am I just supposed to be miserable until I get to heaven? 

I think the word that best describes how many feel about their Christian lives is not abundant, joyful or purpose-driven, but disappointing.

Only God knows what people who DON'T have their name on a pew think about our "biggest news stories" when they happen upon them.

What do you think? Do you ever feel bored by "church life?" Do you ever feel disappointed that your life as a Christian isn't as exciting or as demanding or as risky as the lives those earliest Christians lived? Do you ever wonder if GOD is bored by us? 

What headlines do you wish YOUR church was making?

Or do you think everything is as it should be...and Vince is just wrong...that you've got way more than a T-Shirt to show for your life as a Christian?

Just wondering.

Comments

[Diane Sponheim]

Is it just me, or did anyone else picture Joe Boxers when reading the title 'Religion Briefs'?

KELLY'S RESPONSE: LOL!