In my first blog on Sunrise Faith I talked about McFaith, one of the real issues with a consumeristic, narcissistic American church culture and how we want quick and easy solutions. Sticking with the food theme (as I love food) is it possible that we treat Jesus and our own faith much like we look at Starbucks or any other coffee house type environment. Follow me here for a minute as I explain:
-At a Starbucks it is as much about the experience as it is the actual product. Is it so with our faith?
-At a Starbucks, we expect a high standard of service and community...is this what the church is or should be?
-At a Starbucks, we pay a lot for little return...and yet with Jesus he tells us to lose our life, to give it to him and to let him worry about the return.
-At a Starbucks we have a lot of choices...maybe too many choices....if I wanted a cinnamon dolce latte, i could get one of three sizes, one of two kind of syrups, one of three kinds of milk...and that is just one drink! Do we lose sight of the truth of the simple gospel message of Jesus because we are inundated with information and choices in our culture?
-What are your thoughts? What other ties and analogies rise out of this discussion for you?