where is that place?
Where is the place that people go when they need forgiveness when they’ve failed. Where do people go when they need a dose of hope in their life? Where do people experience the greatest level of acceptance, love, and favor? Where do people go to be honest, vulnerable, and open?
I know the church answer to these questions is Jesus. The Bible says that His Body is present on earth today in the form of His people. Therefore, since His Body is present here on this earth, shouldn’t there be a place on this earth where people can experience the reality of who Jesus Christ?
When I ask people this question, church or un-churched, few have confident answers.
Now for a different set of questions. Where is the place you experience the least free to be honest, open, and vulnerable? Where is the place that you least think of as offering hope, forgiveness, acceptance, and favor? Where do you go when you have failed?
Now the answers become quite confident. The last place on earth? The church.
Something is wrong. These things ought not be. What kind of places have we created? What are we doing? What will it take for things to change?
