reede, detsember 16, 2005
from "The Door"
the following is quoted from here:
Good grief, Charlie Brown! In our "if you just give 'em enough rope, they will eventually show their true colors" department, NBC Chicago reports that one of Chicago's largest churches will be closed on Christmas Day. Willow Creek Community Church spokeswoman Cally Parkinson said resources that would have gone toward a Christmas Day service in the auditorium would instead help provide a special spiritual DVD the congregation will be encouraged to watch at home on Christmas. "We really are putting the opportunity to have a service in the hands of everybody who walks in," Parkinson said, "rather than creating one in a centralized way ourselves."
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Willow Creek's Parkinson said, "You don't have to experience God in church, you can experience God in your living room." Isn't that the "Homer Simpson Rationale" for sitting on his couch and stiffing Reverend Lovejoy? And isn't it a little egocentric to assume everyone out there has a living room? And a DVD player? AND a family?
Good grief, Charlie Brown! In our "if you just give 'em enough rope, they will eventually show their true colors" department, NBC Chicago reports that one of Chicago's largest churches will be closed on Christmas Day. Willow Creek Community Church spokeswoman Cally Parkinson said resources that would have gone toward a Christmas Day service in the auditorium would instead help provide a special spiritual DVD the congregation will be encouraged to watch at home on Christmas. "We really are putting the opportunity to have a service in the hands of everybody who walks in," Parkinson said, "rather than creating one in a centralized way ourselves."
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Willow Creek's Parkinson said, "You don't have to experience God in church, you can experience God in your living room." Isn't that the "Homer Simpson Rationale" for sitting on his couch and stiffing Reverend Lovejoy? And isn't it a little egocentric to assume everyone out there has a living room? And a DVD player? AND a family?
