What Does it Mean to Be the Church?

  In this little church building, the German Christians could hear the sound of Jewish people on those trains. They could hear the train whistle as it would begin to approach, immediately followed by men and women screaming for help as they went barreling toward a Nazi death camp… http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/church/what-does-it-mean-be-church

Awkward

Pastors and congregations need to remember this. In fact, I think congregations should give their pastors one extra Sunday off each year to visit a church where they are not known so they can remember what this experience is like. In post-Christendom there are no social or cultural benefits or incentives for church attendance… http://johnvest.com/2015/07/20/awkward/