Friday, January 4, 2008

"Church" is Broken?

In an interesting blog post, Kevin D. Hendricks opines that "Christmas is Broken". While I'm not quite as down on contemporary Christmas celebrations as he, I certainly am sympathetic to the sentiment and think he has a lot of good things to say, especially about how people are "reimagining Christmas".

What really resonated was the closing lines of the post:
...Just like Christmas, I think church is often broken. And the best way to remedy that problem is just like many are doing with Christmas--reimagine it and come up with new traditions that manage to get back to those original good ideas.

Churches need to find new ways to connect with jaded people. We need new ways to communicate the greatest story ever told. If your church isn't changing your neighborhood, maybe it's time reimagine church.

Well said!