Downer Posts

I just gave the address of this blog to my aunt. I love you, aunt Pat. I don't know if you'll like this blog, but we are who we are and I love you from right here...

but you know, lately i've heard that our blog is kind of a downer. I mean that there is a lot of... criticism, here.

Well, you're right. There is. Yes, we're getting a little critical. But is that such a bad thing? I mean, if we weren't to mention that, in this city the individual poor people we meet tell us that the institutional solutions to poverty aren't worth a dime, wouldn't that be...neglectful of our duty to inform?

If we were to neglect reminding the Chruch that, while it's impressive on some level that we've built the $10million facility/$12/$14million facility... did you know that the churches that i know of (just 3 or four) in the Cinci area (Faith E-Free in Milford, Hope church in Mason, Crossroads in Oakley) among them have sunk somewhere in the ballpark of 12, 13, 14... 39million dollars into building projects?

and chris froze to the ground... FROZE TO THE GROUND... last christmas season. A christian brother who went to one of these churches... As they put it, "he fell through the cracks".

now, before we blame some individual church, let's look at our own lives. Do we have houses? Money? Time? Would we if we changed our lifestyles to fit our beliefs? yes. You see, the institutional approach has done its best. It is not enough. The Church has to be more than an institution. It has to be US. Cassi, Zach, Lew, Judy, Christine, Danielmatt, Chris, Chris, Arsenne, Adam, Aimee--US. And we need to be about the basics of hospitality and love.

our fathers in the church have not taught us how to do this. We haven't been given how to obey the simple commandment of Jesus about sharing our lives and our stuff with the poor and the prisoner from the generations of american churchgoers before us. But we still have the full responsibility fo rthiis!

So, well, if it's a downer, I'm not sorry at all. I hope you decide to join into the joy of the Lord and serve Him at the expense of this world.