Barneyisfat

I just finished up playing a game of fruitball (baseball with pieces of fruit and tennis racket!) and decided I better stop in and say hi.

I'm reading a book on creating a culture of "Come as you are." I am loving the book. I still so strongly believe that churches need to love. The author keeps driving home the point that people ,no matter where they are, need to feel welcome at the church. I love that idea. I realize that I have never been to a church where I have felt comfortable being real. I take that back.

I live with 50+ staff members here. They all love Christ and each other. I love it. I saw the church my first week at camp when I had a diverse group and we embraced it and loved all over each other. I have a great group of friends at school who love each other.

We had camp-out last night. It rained so we slept in the gym. Tradition mandates that we need to have a camp out every week. Just because we can't actually be outside of have any fun doesn't mean we can't sleep in our nice comfortable cabins. Our churches have so many traditions. There are so many things that we don't even know where they come from. One of our traditions is only accepting those that look and act like us. We want people to adapt to our customs before they can show up for our worship service. I want to fight against this.

Well, battery is about to die - gotta go.