I rarely stay for “fellowship” after worship. Most weeks, as I leave church, I speak to as few people as possible. Usually I don’t even shake the pastor’s hand. That’s not because I don’t have friends at church, or because I don’t like the people at church. It’s not that I don’t like the coffee […]
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Liking, Loving and the Church
“I don’t have to like these people, but I do have to love them.” It was quite early in one of my seminary internships during an after church pot luck dinner. I was at the end of the serving line and looking out across the fellowship hall for a place to sit when that thought […]