Revelation...

Ya know...for years I have heard the alarming statistics about how people age 18-29 view the church as irrelevant, judgemental, old-fashioned, out-of-touch with reality, insensitive, hypocritical, boring, etc... They're just overall disenchanted with the church, and it alarms everyone. There is a key point to the statements though...they all pertain to THE CHURCH. They have no problem with GOD or JESUS, but they have a problem with His FOLLOWERS and how those followers ACT. This used to alarm me, but even more so, it made me sad. It made my heart HURT because there was a gap between the people my age and Jesus because THE CHURCH is supposed to fill that gap. It is supposed to be the connector...and it is FAILING.



Well, today I was working and had a revelation. For the first time in my life I realized that I AM ONE of those statistics.

The only difference between me and most of those numbers...is the fact that I am trying to change the face of the church. I am trying to make the church more relevant, realistic, and accepting. I didn't run away from it. I am trying to help it fulfill it's mission of being the bridge between people and Jesus.....but I am still "disenchanted" with it. The overall church of today, I believe is irrelevant, hypocritical, unaccepting, and judgemental...so I feel JUST LIKE the people in those surveys. I just responded different.

There is a gap between what the church is doing and what Jesus created it to do. I'm trying to bridge it. I make mistakes... and I fix them. I fail, but I fail forward. I fall down, but Jesus lifts me up.

There's a gap....What are you gonna do about it?