The YMCA isn't a church, but it sure knows something about bringing people together.
At the Y, I sometimes see people running alone on the treadmills. They stare straight ahead, eyes fixed on the TV monitors scrolling the news of the day. The only sound they hear is the one pulsing into their ears via buds. Eventually, they step off the treadmill, checking the pace and distance the cold machine has calculated for them. Satisfied, they move along.
It occurs to me that this is sometimes how we function in our churches, as well. We show up, get all we can for ourselves, and then move along. But just as there’s another, more fulfilling side to community at the Y, so Christ offers more than that in the Church.
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Image by SEIER+SEIER. Used with permission. Sourced via Flickr. Post by featured by Senior Editor Marcus Goodyear. Matt Tuckey is a member of The High Calling and blogs at Carlisle Family YMCA.
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