Wednesday's thoughts

"Faith for the Fun of It"
Why does faith have to be so serious? Why can't we expect to have fun at church? What is the prohibition that makes it difficult to enjoy religion? Why does it have to be so "heavy"?

There are several assumption that lead to that conclusion. Here are just a few.

1. It is assumed if something is fun it must be trivial and we wouldn't want to trivialize something as important as faith.
2. When we think about the God we worship we worry that we have made God an idol and we worship the wrong thing. Consequently, if we are enjoying ourselves, in the name of God, we have probably not connected to the true God but some facsimile of God; some replica.
3. Life is so serious and for us to be able to face the hardness of life it requires a significant faith; otherwise we will be overwhelmed by the problems we cannot handle.
4. Religious people have always seems so serious. If religious people are serious how can faith be fun?

Personally, I don't know how faith can exist without fun. I don't see how we can be Christians without being in a mode of celebration. We call the message Jesus came to give us "gospel" which means "good news". The Prophet Isaiah spoke of how God would "raise us up on eagle's wings".

If faith isn't fun it isn't faith; it's a shadow of what faith can be. There must be laughter and celebration in faith.

If you come to the church almost any day you will hear laughter. If you attend our classes or our worship services there will be stories to inspire us and humor to help us put things in perspective.

I don't know what I would do if there were not fun in faith.

What are your thoughts on this subject? Write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to have others read your thoughts click on the box below. I look forward to hearing from you.


Charles Schuster