lately I've been heavy hearted over the western 'church'. i fear it has lost focus of the basic and most simplistic values. a dear friend just emailed me his sorrow over the same thing. he talked about how the western way of doing church has become so shallow. sadly, i agree.
he writes: We've traded "leaving everything, picking up your cross and following the King" for what we see as "security." We are no longer secure in our son-ship, or the future hope we have, but rather, we find our security in our marriages, our family, our house, our bodies, our politics, our religion, me, me, me, me, me.
i've been reading the ragamuffin gospel, by brennan manning:
‘Quite simply, our deep gratitude to Jesus Christ is manifested neither in being chaste, honest, sober, and respectable, nor in churchgoing, Bible-toting, and Psalm-singing, but in our deep and delicate respect for one another.’
‘In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me’
-Matthew 25:40
