Dress Code

Ok, so I thought I would kick off this blog with a fairly moderate topic.

If you're like me, you were raised with the mentality that when you go to church, you need to look your best because that's how you should look when you present yourself to Jesus.

Even as a child I never understood this. If Jesus and God are with us all the time, what does it matter what I look like when I go to church?? He sees me when I'm naked in the shower, when I'm toolin' around the house in my skivvies, so why do I need to dress up to the nines in order to meet him at church? I think this practice is just plain wrong and merely feeds our own tendencies to pose with each other at church. Clean up and put on our happy face so no one will know what's really going on in our lives.

And even worse, because of this attitude towards dress code, when someone doesn't blend into our suits and ties, dresses and skirts, they REALLY stand out. It's bad enough when someone who has been through much more than we could imagine ourselves going through walks into a church to find love and acceptance and only finds judgment and rejection, but what makes it worse is WHY they experience that. If we are truly following Christ's example, we would actively embrace these people because whether they fit our "profile" of what a person should dress like or not, that person is important to God and that's all we need to know in order to welcome them in warmly.

So, I encourage us all to get over ourselves and look past our own lives, especially when we go to church, so that we may have the eyes to see those people that God may be bringing into our lives to minister to.

The Mission

Ok, so now that I've been blogging about church tech for a few months, I feel that I can realistically begin a blog that discusses the "elephants in the corner" of churches; those topics that are hot potatoes, that will upset the status quo, etc.

It is my firm belief that churches should have their own corporate journey with God, and that journey should reflect a constant change as the church body grows closer to God. This journey towards the heart of God can only be achieved corporately if the church members themselves are actively walking their own journeys with God.

God does not call us to a static relationship that is one-sided; instead, he wants an active and vibrant relationship that is alive and functions just like a close relationship with another human being here on Earth. Why we do not choose to engage in this kind of a journey boggles my mind.

So, with that introduction, I purpose to blog on issues such as worship, music, authentic relationships with other Christians and topics of that nature. Feel free to respond any way you wish, and if you have your own "elephant" you'd like discussed, please leave a comment or shoot me an email-I'd love to talk about it!