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normally, i try to pass a new axiom on to you every thursday. i missed. i was busy…pre-occupied…unfocused… whatever. but as i was studying and writing emails this morning, my emptiheadedness started to be filled with this:
“sunday mornings are not enough.”
it’s nothing new. i’ve said it a hundred times…in probably a hundred different ways. but here goes again.
if your only real, regular and/or significant connection with your church “family” is once every seven days for an hour, or so, at the weekly big show, you’ll probably drift away. sooner or later, the percentages are pretty high that it will happen.
now that’s not the only reason that can cause someone to look for another church family. i’ve written and preached about that stuff forever. there are many other deeper and significant reasons that pave the way for moving on. wanda and i have moved on a couple of times in the past 34 years. so have many of you. it happens.
no…this axiom is not about those complicated and sometimes painful seasons. this one is simple and to-the-point.
church is not the program. church is not a meeting. church is not an item on our weekly to do list.
church is people…relationships…friendship…connection…life sharing…family… teamwork…associations…bonds… attachments…companionship… and camaraderie.
church is love…forgiveness…openness…transparency…conversation…shared experiences…common goals…hospitality…eating…laughing…serving… playing…and giving. side-by-side.
and you can’t be that in one hour…once a week.
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