Reclaiming Church

Jesus as a salvational figure is so important to so many people: repentance and confession are powerful; to be freed from the weight of a secret, of a sin, of a regret is powerful.  I think it’s also why speaking out against the injustices of the Church and changing what church is and has been is so important– it is purification. In addressing the problems, the elephants in the room, the reasons why people leave church and have been hurt by church, we release ourselves, in a sense, of that weight.  In building a “new” from what we can take from the “old,” we purify the church.  We rid it of its sins; we let it be who it should be allowed to be.  In allowing folks to be who they are and should be in church, we purify the church and bring it into an honest existence in the world.