Monday, November 15, 2010

A Place of Refuge.

How many times have you asked someone why they missed a church service and the reply be, "I've had a rough week," or "It was a crazy day," etc? There are lots of reasons to not be in church, some of them justified, but most of them excuses. Again, I say most, because not everyone skips church for reasons of stolidity. The thing I find interesting, and most times discouraging, is that when people have hard days or rough weeks, usually the first thing that gives is church attendance. I know most see where I'm headed with this, so I won't take up your time reading my diatribes.

My question (this is where you participate) is why is this so?

-Does a 'crazy week' justify church absence or should that be more of an incentive for us to attend church?
-What DOES justify missing church: ballgame, headache, lack of sleep the night before, etc...?
-Has our culture or your own drive / ambition / personality determined what's more important than church attendance? 
-Is church attendance really as important as most people seem to think it is? If so, why? If not, why not?

I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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