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There Are Congregations On Nearly Every Corner. I'm Not Sure We Need More Churches. What We Need Is A Church. I Say One Church Is Better Than Fifty. I Have Tried To Remove The Plural Form Churches From My Vocabulary, Training Myself To Think Of The Church As Christ Did, And As The Early Christians Did. The Metaphors For Her Are Always Singular - A Body, A Bride. I Heard One Gospel Preacher Say It Like This, As He Really Wound Up And Broke A Sweat: "we've Got To Unite Ourselves As One Body. Because Jesus Is Coming Back, And He's Coming Back For A Bride Not A Harem.

A Pastor Friend Of Mine Said, "our Problem Is That We No Longer Have Martyrs. We Only Have Celebrities.

We Are Faithful Not To The Triumphant Golden Eagle (ironically, Also An Imperial Symbol Of Power In Rome) But To The Slaughtered Lamb.

There Is One Big Misunderstanding Of The Monastics Leaving Society.

Prayer Is Not So Much About Convincing God To Do What We Want God To Do As It Is About Convincing Ourselves To Do What God Wants Us To Do.