Competing Churches

Looks like the user-friendly, seeker-sensitive churches are not only competing with the secular world on its own terms. This puts them in competition with countless other churches that are doing the same thing. What a silly mess.

Oh My God!

So call me a religious nut. I am getting seriously offended by hearing "Oh My God!" on TV a hundred times a day. Last night one of the shows had every cast member saying it, one right after another. I guess that's supposed to let me know that something shocking is happening. Do you think maybe God is getting a bit weary of having people call on Him and then not answering when He as asks what they want? So call me a religious nut.

Church Musicians

Church musicians and clergy are notoriously at odds. Ever it shall be. I'm not crazy about the buzzword "agenda" but maybe it works here. Clergy are where they are to lead a team. They need their music-makers to be on their team. But the musicians are there to play or sing. Music is their passion. They couldn't care less what church they do it in. Because of my interest in pipe organs, I joined an online group. It turned out to be full of church organists griping about the dumb-ass ministers and priests they worked for. If you want the other side, ask a clergyman about the musicians he has fired because they insisted on doing it their own way and had no interest in team play.