???Church???
I just came from Imago Dei after leaving in the middle of the service. I can't help but be critical of how we conduct out worship in "community" form. Imago constantly brags about the church community but what is Sunday morning. The congregations starts out by singing songs that were pre-picked out by a "worship" team that may or may not have anything to do with the current situations/struggles/growth that the people in the church may be having. Why not go to my room by myself and play some worship music of my own....how would that be any different? Then we are asked to sit down and face the front in our rows of cold hard benches. Then the "leader" stands in front...this is a man that the people have deemed capable of consistently teaching 1000+- individual lives. Why couldn't I read one of the thousands of Christian books each with their own topics to teach and instruct me while sitting at home? Then the rest of the week I can spend my time hanging out with friends and family and going about my activities.
I have spent roughly 6 months, 24 hours a day in similar Christian services in my 21 years of life. I can come close to guessing what the preacher/teacher is going to be talking about once he has informed us of the passage. I'm not sure if I'm just missing the concept of community in modern churches or does it really not exists. I think I have roughly the same amount of community in my college. Something seems wrong.