A bishop, seeking to make Christianity relevant to the lives of people in the communities of his diocese, asked a group of secondary college kids why most of them don’t go to church anymore. He knew they had once done so as younger children with their parents. The answers they gave were pretty much the same as those …
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The “I believe/we believe” Man
Whilst out walking the other day I was doing some intercessory prayer for the church and not long into it, I received a mental picture of people gathered together in their respective groups or denominations all over the nation. I saw faces both young and old all sitting passively, giving their best attention to the man or woman …
Nothing More than a Religious Figurehead
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been getting mental pictures of people in church attendance on a Sunday morning. During praise and worship there’s more than the odd one giving the impression they’d rather be somewhere else. A few others are going through the motions – lips moving, but it’s doubtful that the same is applying …