Not Getting Fed.1?
Read this article from Relevant Magazine.
Not only are our friends not “getting fed” in church, I would take it a little farther.
What about me? I preach every week, prepare the word for the hearts of the people, spend hours agonizing over each and every sermon. Do I get fed by my own preaching?
It absolutely disarms folks when I admit that my own preaching doesn’t feed me.
What if church’s job was never, is never, and never will be to “feed” anyone? And most of the time we throw that straw phrase around, it is Christian lingo for, “I don’t like the style” or “I get bored of the sermons”. If you aren’t getting fed then you aren’t eating. Getting fed is a function of your desire to eat.
So how do I eat?
rindy wrote:
I just wrote a post relating to this article. Little different take on it…my responsibility for my Christian growth. Check it out..title is “Reaching a Turning Point”. I think the whole topic of being fed is growing as churches change so rapidly.
Posted on 01-Mar-07 at 9:07 pm | Permalink
AJ wrote:
Great…I will check it out. I agree that this is growing and very important issue now. We are surrounded by good food but just not eating it.
Posted on 02-Mar-07 at 12:07 pm | Permalink