playing well with others

This is an interesting thread on the YS forums today. It’s got me thinking…

Since students in Romeo seem so confused about denominational differences, why isn’t the church making an effort to “come to the table” with a united front. Case in point: Last year I was hanging out at the high school at lunch and a student said to me, “you’re a Christian? Yeah me too, well I go to the Lutheran church so I guess I’m a Lutheran.” This led to a nice discussion about sheep and goats. You’re one or the other… That’s it!

So, to mock Rodney King “Why can’t we all just get along?”

1. We’re all afraid to share sheep even though the sheep go to different places all the time!
2. We’re so busy with our own little world and politics that we rarely see the “church” from 4,000 feet.
3. We all think we are right and they are wrong. Even if we don’t say this… We think it.
4. We’re only concerned with building our little kingdom instead of God’s Kingdom.
5. We are stuck on stupid boundaries that are artificial and ultimately sinful.
6. We allow 5% to separate instead of 95% to bind us together.
7. We can’t agree on the money part of it.
8. We think our programs are meant to compete with their programs instead of each being amplified.
9. We don’t want to face ourselves, our fears, or any kind of scrutiny.
10. We “hate being separated” but are too lazy to do anything about it.

As far as this exact problem in the thread on the link. I feel they are dealing with militant fundamentalists who probably don’t think that these other people are believers. Sad, but true. Stay tuned.