Why Bother With Church?

This email came across my desk today, and I thought it worthwhile to post it online here. It's a great follow up to our recent series "Church. . .Why Bother?" where we looked at 5 reasons why we give ourselves to this thing called "The Church" You can catch up online here:

A Church attender wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Week. 'I've gone for 30 years now,' he wrote, 'and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.'

This started a real controversy in the 'Letters to the Editor' column. Much to the delight of the editor, it went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:' I've been married for 30 years now. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!'