My church is sending a team to another country to evangelize. And as they stood up telling about what they were going to do and how. I thought that there must be a book with 7 points on how best to save the world. Then I remembered what Jesus said and His list of what we should do. It is 1. love one another. That's it!

I was leading a camp last week with over 100 kids 9-16 years old from all over Denmark. It's a Christian camp where the kids get some teaching and then they can choose a workshop with dance, drama, skate, foot ball, band, prayer and arts. The idea is to show that our Christian life is not just church but everything we do and are interested in.
Now here I am looking back at the camp and thinking about, is there any difference in what we are doing compared with any other group. The only thing I can think of is that we have talk a lot about relationship. Relationship with God and each other. I know I'm sort of hang up on this whole relationship thing, but I can not help it. It just keeps coming up.
Jesus says in John 13:35 "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."
This is what will make a difference, that we love each other - unselfishly doing what is best for each other - wow

On another blog someone asked the people leaving the church, to please tell them why. I have been thinking a lot about that. I have not stopped going to church, even though I'm sometimes tempted.
The people I know, that have stop going to church, have not turn their backs to God, just the church! So God is not the problem and it is not the building. So what's left? The people! What's wrong with people? Does something happen to them when they come into a church? It sure look that way.
It seems to me that we think we have to be better than we really are to go to church. Even know we say in church we are all sinner, we still do not want anyone to think that I am a sinner. So we take our nice clothes on and our smiling faces and go to church and hope no one see through it all. Then if we do show our real self, we are shown a 5 point plan on how to get on the right track again!
Somehow we need to break this box we have put ourselves in and just be ourselves! Both ways - to be open to show who we really are and to not always have an answer, but just listen and be a friend - a brother or sister!

Something to listen to George Barna

Ivan's blog is very good. I enjoy his openness. In his entry from Dec. 28 ´05, he talks about his relationship to the church. After reading I just thought "who cares about the church". We are lost in the way the church does it or should do it. Or better what we think the church should be, when we are there!! There, what is "There" some building - who cares!! We think people should act in a certain way when they are There. Let's drop the church and meet down at Café Borgen and talk about what life is all about and how we should live it.

But I still go to church. Why? My friends. For some of them it's the only time I get to see them! Relationships that's what it's all about.

I've just been reading a young friends blog (Ivan) At the sametime I'm reading Finding Faith by Brian McLaren. I'm amazed how much alike the two are. The same type of questions Ivan and others on his blog write about, are the same questions Finding Faith trys to answer. I feel like I'm standing in the middel trying to understand both the questions and the answers. I'm also trying to understand how my own faith answers these questions too.

What is truth? Is there a God? If He is there, why does He not answer the prayers of His faithful followers when there is sickness or other needs? Why is the church so messed up? If we are really filled with the Holy Spirit, then why do we act so selfishly. Where have we gone wrong?

I believe there is a God, otherwise there would be no meaning to life. If we were created by chance with no purpose/reason, then there is no meaning. If God did create the World, then there must be some type of purpose. What that is - is another question.

What do you think?