Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Karl Vaters: How I Stopped Feeling Embarrassed by My Small Church
I spent too many years feeling embarrassed by my church.
Sure, there was a time when the embarrassment was well earned. For a few years, we were unhealthy, dysfunctional and hurting.
But even after we got healthy, I stayed embarrassed. Not because it wasn’t a good church. Not because I didn’t love the people in it.
I was embarrassed because it was small.
When new people would show up on a Sunday, I’d say hello, then start offering excuses. “A lot of people are gone on summer vacation today,” or “our youth group is at a convention this weekend” or “hey, it’s Arbor Day – hard to compete with that.” Keep reading
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