What's Important

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

If they go to war, I'll have something more important to do.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I would count my blessings, but I don't have all day and I am not an accountant. Besides, who could keep track, anyway?
I'll just say thank you - again.
I would list the ways your love has shaped my life, but I'd surely overlook several thousand of them.
I'll just try to remember to say I love you - again.
I would recall the times you have filled me with joy and hope, but my memory isn't that great and the present joys and hopes seem much more vivid.
I'll just bask in the warmth of your glory in my life.
Amen

C. Unquoting Jesus:

"I prefer it when the traffic moves on the left."

[He would say it, of course, but He didn't.]

D. Blog: Church as Rest Stop

Rest Stop

Consider the Interstate rest areas as a metaphor for church.

On life’s highway, we need periodic rest and renewal. Church can do that.

We need to take care of personal needs. Church can do that.

We need to relieve ourselves. Church can do that.

We need a break from the boredom of the highway. Church can do that.

We need something to eat and/or drink. Church does that.

We need a calming setting. Church can do that.

Perhaps the rest stop is also a welcome center. Then we find:

Friendly greeters. Church can offer those.

Openness to all. Church can offer that.

Help for finding our way. Church can offer that.

Guides to the attractions on the way. Church can offer that.

Maybe if churches followed the rest stop model instead of the religious correctness model, people would find more satisfaction in them.