Maybe with this blog I'll find out how many folks are actually reading this stuff. This one may make some people mad, or at least uncomfortable. But I think bloggers are supposed to be kind of edgy, weird, on (or over) the edge kind of writers. I hope I don't find out I'm just writing all this to myself and one or two close friends and family. Anyway, I've got questions. About Sunday morning. Like, why is it the way it is? Or at least why is it the way we seem to perceive it to be - boring? By this I mean we all seem to be pretty well bored on Sunday mornings.

   Given the Reason we all get together on Sundays, it seems like just a tad more enthusiasm might be in order. Aren't we there to celebrate Jesus, the bringer of the Good News? Even more than that, He is the Author, and Finisher or what the Good News is all about? Salvation!  Our salvation. Mine and yours and yours and yours over there, and that guy's in the corner, and ...So, why do we just sort of sit there like this is a high school civics class we are having to retake? Maybe some of us just partied too hard, or stayed up too late, the night before. Surely not. Baptists don't do that kind of thing, do we? If I am missing out on something please fill me in, okay? On the other hand, I've been told that this is just the way Baptists are supposed to act in church - dull. Well I don't buy that, or at least I don't buy that it is supposed to be that way.

   I've seen some churches where from the moment the music starts until it ends 45 minutes later the congregation is on their feet, clapping and stomping and raising their hands like they're actually having a good time and are excited about praising Jesus. Then there is all kinds of amening and clapping and comments during the sermon time too. Now I know those folks aren't anymore saved than we are, so what is up with this? Do they just appreciate it more, or do they feel like they have permission to be more expressive and emotional, or do they just go to bed earlier than we do Saturday nights?

   At rock or country concerts folks will stand on their feet for two or more hours listening to artists like ZZ Top, Bob Dylan, or Merle Haggard. At christian concerts people stand up for two or three hours, listening to and singing along with the music of Third Day or the Newsboys. So why do we feel like we are all wore out and tired and have to sit down just as soon as we can and stay that way during our praise and worship? Okay, so at rock concerts it is all about the artists and how folks idolize them and so forth and that is why they are standing up all the time. What about at christian concerts? Is it all about Third Day, or Jars of Clay, or Toby Mac - or is it all about Jesus? I hope it is all about Jesus. Don't we have the same Jesus to sing about and talk about on Sunday morning?

   Okay, I've probably griped enough and ticked enough folks off by now so I better wind down. All this is offered in love, okay. Maybe I'm way off and on the wrong track. I don't know, maybe it is the partying thing...