David Sedaris on his Church Background

I admit it...I love National Public Radio.  And I've laughed so hard at stories I've heard on there by humorist David Sedaris that I've cried.

And here, just one answer in an interview with Sedaris reminds us of why we should, like Jesus, take kids and their relationship with God seriously.

Q: You were raised in the Greek Orthodox church. How did that upbringing shape you, and how do you feel about God today?
A: I never got the idea of a punishing God, just a really boring one.  To see people growing up in the Carolinas who were Baptist, I knew there were others who felt God was going to send them to hell for any little thing, but not me.  I didn't feel like it, or like it influenced my writing style.

Imagine if this author of books selling over 7 million copies had be introduced to the true vibrant Jesus!

Only the Spirit knows what lies in the future for the young lives you and your church are shaping right now.

"Have Christians Gotten Evangelism Wrong?"

 

Last night over a long spring evening dinner on our patio, Kristi and I got to hear from a couple who have been missionaries in Cameroon for years.  They are back in the States, at least for a while, now.  And they are having to rediscover what "evangelism" means in this, their homeland!  The husband is visiting in a  neighborhood where he shared the Gospel 20 years ago, but finding a different neighbor, a different response and the need to understand our new context.

Here's an online article I ran across that offers some thoughts about: 

• Come v Go
• Consumer v Disciple, and
• Do v Be

What do you think? 

How do these apply to your setting, maybe the new church you're working with?