Last week, one of the regular attendees at our Sunday brunches shared the following thought, which she had received from an Episcopal priest that some of us know and respect:
"Church should be a place that you walk out of feeling a little less burdened than when you walked in."
This idea lines up perfectly with the kind of church we want to plant, a church where people bring in their anxieties, fears, negativity, etc., and experience God's love, mercy, grace and forgiveness such that they are comforted.
Interestingly, at a recent cocktail party, a mother from one of my kids' schools, who attends church very rarely, said that, from her perspective, church should be "free therapy", that life is hard enough and that Sundays should help one survive the rest of the week. Amen!
As Jesus said, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Mt 11.28).
1 comment:
Hear Hear!!
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