Tuesdays with Morris

Sometimes church can be one of the most frustrating places I find myself. Now, don’t get me wrong…I love the church. But, there are days when I wonder why half of the people actually come to church. There are days that I get frustrated because I feel like half of the people are just taking up space. At times, I feel like Rusty and I pour our hearts out…trying to motivate, encourage, push, and lead the congregation and the majority just sit there with blank looks on their faces.

So, as I’m going through this “Changing Our World…By Faith” series, I’m really wondering if anyone is actually listening. I often wonder if when I challenge the congregation to read a passage of Scripture or invite one, five, or fifty people to church if even one person responds.

Yesterday, there were several moments when I wanted to just shout out, “Um, is anybody listening??? Hello???” I mean, I love preaching…I’d do it every day if I had the chance (which, according to St. Francis…we’re always preaching). Maybe it’s just because I only preach every now and then and don’t have a fully solid rapport with the congregation when it comes to preaching…but, yesterday it just felt like a ton of people had no desire to be at church…

I’m probably over-analyzing all of this. But, over the past two years…I’ve just failed to see a lot of measurable results of the lessons brought on Sundays. I guess I’m just a bit frustrated this morning.