When the Homily is about Immunology

"two miles long and one inch deep."

The head of the World Council of Churches has expressed concern about the spread of megachurches

The megachurches simply wanted individuals to feel good about themselves, he said.

I would contend that this is NOT a problem found only in Megachurches. Micro/Home churches have the exact same issue and more than that, I think, tend to function in the same capacity as Microbrews. I drink Microbrews, not because they are neccesarily better for me (calorically they are decidely NOT), but because I think they taste better. Plus, by golly, its just plain cooler and I feel hip drinking a microbrew and turning my nose up to Miller and Budweiser. Megabrewers suck, dude.

And of course we Orthdoox are not immune from developing a tasty stagnation. Neglecting the life of the church (because we don't like the taste) or just sitting around and complaining about how the new priest does it wrong or the newest version of the Triasagion isn't quite to our liking.

But as the article states: MegaChurches remain successful - because they APPEAL to people. But so what? Good question..is the church supposed to appeal to people? If not, they why the constant and ongoing redesign?

Christianity is pretty lame here in the west - particularly in America - and I say this to all of us: whether you look like Tammy Faye or Bono. Utlimately you are so full of yourself (certainly ALMOST as much as I am of MYSELF), that it would be wise to ask ourselves what the heck good are we doing by building a church in OUR image?

The Church and Beer, sad that we choose or invent them by generally the same criteria. By that same token, people that come to Orthodoxy because it tastes good, will eventually be in for a surprise.