I was at Starbucks the other day, enjoying my afternoon coffee (at like 6:30 pm) and I was doing a bit of eavesdropping, accidentally of course. I overheard two guys, who were church leaders of some sort, talking about a third guy, who apparently visited one of their churches.
GUY 1: "So, I called him and asked why he didn't ever come back to church."
GUY 2: "What did he say?"
GUY 1: "He said he just didn't feel welcome at our church. So I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what we did wrong."
GUY 2: Don't listen to people like that. He probably doesn't ever go to any church, so you need to let his opinions roll off your back."
WHAT?
We're talking about a dude who came to a church, so obviously he's looking for something. Shouldn't those people feel welcome in a place that believes it has the Answer?
But I guess people have a tendency to feel unwelcome where the attitude is, "Don't listen to people like that." Or, "Who cares about that guy?"
GUY 1: "So, I called him and asked why he didn't ever come back to church."
GUY 2: "What did he say?"
GUY 1: "He said he just didn't feel welcome at our church. So I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what we did wrong."
GUY 2: Don't listen to people like that. He probably doesn't ever go to any church, so you need to let his opinions roll off your back."
WHAT?
We're talking about a dude who came to a church, so obviously he's looking for something. Shouldn't those people feel welcome in a place that believes it has the Answer?
But I guess people have a tendency to feel unwelcome where the attitude is, "Don't listen to people like that." Or, "Who cares about that guy?"
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