The gap between men and women attending church continues to widen. A magazine I was reading had a story about a man going to church at his wife's request for the first time in a long time. Here's what he experienced...
"...he pulls into the church parking lot and reads the message title on the marquee: Matters of the heart. Brock feels a cool sweat forming near the back of his neck as he scans the bulletin in a back row seat. Meals ministry. Book club. Bible Study. Develop a servant's heart. He finishes, drums his fingers on the seat, and looks around. Mauve trim. Quilted banners. Paintings of Jesus the baby and shepherd and donkey rider. And then someone invites him to stand up and sing. Brock never sings except in the shower -- maybe classic Dylan blaring form the iPod -- so he mouths the words on the screen. Mostly love songs to God and ballads. The pastor, a man in a robe, begins his message by painting a story of a shepherd who sets out to find a lost lamb...
See the problem?
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