Never understood why people go to church and pay good money to be put to sleep. When they can stay at home in a comfortable chair and turn on the news.
Guy walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder. The bartender says, “Where did you get that?” The parrot says, “You know, it just started out as a little bump on my butt.”
What is incredibly sad to me is the fact that North American society has become so consumeristic that it never even occurs to anyone that there’s something wrong with complaining about a boring sermon. It’s a WORSHIP service. The primary purpose of going to a church service is not to get something out of it, but rather to GIVE something—to God: thanks, praise, glory, worship, attention, adoration. That said, I do appreciate a good sermon that challenges me to put into practice what I believe, and hope that pastors and priests everywhere continually strive to preach each sermon better than the last. The question to ask is NOT whether a worship service was pleasing to me, the participant, but whether it was pleasing to God.
One of the things I keep hearing about Protestant churches is that ministers have favorite sermons they keep trotting out for whatever reason. That, I’m told, is one of the biggest differences between Protestant sermons (especially in non-liturgical Protestant denominations) and Catholic homilies. By definition, a homily is an exposition of the readings of the day, a description of how those readings are applied to our everyday lives. And since the readings are different every week, you can’t just run the same homily whenever you feel like it.
Cofyjunky over 12 years ago
Um…kind’ve unfair to say church is boring. Barrows clearly hasn’t been to my church’s early service. ;)
rpmurray over 12 years ago
I find it interesting that the infallible word of God is so unclear that it needs interpretation for his worshipers.
saullevy over 12 years ago
You’re right, Clark, I’m bored!
Stagger Lee over 12 years ago
Never understood why people go to church and pay good money to be put to sleep. When they can stay at home in a comfortable chair and turn on the news.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 12 years ago
Please enable this strip for enlargement. The Sunday strips are very hard to read.
Davepostmp over 12 years ago
Guy walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder. The bartender says, “Where did you get that?” The parrot says, “You know, it just started out as a little bump on my butt.”
Vyperonicamusic over 12 years ago
What is incredibly sad to me is the fact that North American society has become so consumeristic that it never even occurs to anyone that there’s something wrong with complaining about a boring sermon. It’s a WORSHIP service. The primary purpose of going to a church service is not to get something out of it, but rather to GIVE something—to God: thanks, praise, glory, worship, attention, adoration. That said, I do appreciate a good sermon that challenges me to put into practice what I believe, and hope that pastors and priests everywhere continually strive to preach each sermon better than the last. The question to ask is NOT whether a worship service was pleasing to me, the participant, but whether it was pleasing to God.
K M over 12 years ago
One of the things I keep hearing about Protestant churches is that ministers have favorite sermons they keep trotting out for whatever reason. That, I’m told, is one of the biggest differences between Protestant sermons (especially in non-liturgical Protestant denominations) and Catholic homilies. By definition, a homily is an exposition of the readings of the day, a description of how those readings are applied to our everyday lives. And since the readings are different every week, you can’t just run the same homily whenever you feel like it.