are you freakin’ kiddin’ me?

i know you’re wondering what’s up with the title of this blog. well, news flash. there’s something very wrong when abuse, lies, deceit, manipulation, betrayal and all sorts of other evil stuff thrives … in the church. yeah, yeah, yeah — i know how the church is made of people, and people aren’t perfect, and all that. but the church is supposed to be a refuge, a safe place, a healing place. well, not so much in my experience and the experience of many. the stuff we do to each other is simply amazing, isn’t it? Jesus said, what you do to/for the least of these [people] you do for Me. whoa! look out! i think we missed that!

well, fret not. i’m going to hook you up with the answer: worship … the worship of God, that is, and not men to whom we’ve given authority over ourselves in spiritual matters. that’s just idol worship. anything/anyone we worship other than God is considered an idol, and God doesn’t like that too much. in fact, in the old days His response to it involved some pretty harsh stuff — fire, brimstone, maybe some pestilence. not pretty, but effective. but we still do it — worship other stuff, that is. well, not me. not any more.

i’m looking for something new, something actually new, not a formula regurgitated from the past with new terminology, but something new and real … with the focus on worshiping God, and God alone. anybody with me?