You’ll Do ANYTHING?

There’s a joke about two people in a bar – one being a businessman and the other being a prostitute.

Prostitute:  Hey Big Guy, want to have some fun?  I’ll do anything for you.

Businessman:  Anything?

Prostitute:  Yes, anything!

Businessman:  Paint my house.

Not only is that joke politically incorrect, but it’s metaphorically problematic as well.  But I hear varieties of this conversation in the context of the church on a regular basis.  It goes something like this:

Church Leaders:  We’ll do anything to grow.  That’s all we want for our church.

Me:  You’ll do anything?

Church Leaders:  Yes, anything!

Me:  Hire a bilingual pastor, since your neighborhood increasingly speaks Spanish.  Move out of your building because it’s a money pit and you will never be able to afford what it will take to refurbish it.  Mix it up in your worship style.  Welcome  those people who visit occasionally and take them out for lunch or coffee this week.  Offer a Bible study in a local diner or bar. 

Church Leaders:  We didn’t mean things like that.

The great news is that they are in fact some congregations who would do anything.  Check this out – below –  (and please be patient with the buffering.)

Art by the amazing Shawna Bowman.