It would seem that in the American Church today we have embraced (or maybe we just reflect) the reality TV culture. Normal people are boring in our culture. To matter to the church it seems like you have to have a past full of rebellion, promiscuity, brushes with Johnny Law, drug use, etc - or - you have to have a background of cultish legalism where you were a "good person" and did "good things", but were enslaved by the rules of men who ruled. So our church has embraced the idea that normal people are boring. If a Christian has had an ordinary life, with ordinary parents, in an ordinary house then you are just plain old normal, and that is boring and the Church doesn't care about normal.If you are normal your problems aren't big enough, your scars aren't visible enough, your tattoos aren't dangerous enough, your baggage isn't heavy enough, your pain isn't strong enough, your mind isn't messy enough, your spirit isn't broken enough, your actions aren't heroic enough, your wounds aren't deep enough, your position isn't important enough, your fame isn't promotable enough, your bank account is not full enoguh, your talent isn't amazing enough, your words aren't eloquent enough, your face is not photogenic enough, your victory isn't victorious enough, your tragedy isn't tragic enough, your freedom isn't liberating enough, your glory isn't glorious enough, your life isn't interesting enough, and neither is your death. Thousands of normal people will pass into and out of the church's doors this week and no one will notice them. Some will never return, and no one will care.
