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FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL, FAIL.

Thanks to The Fail Blog I now have something to waste my time on: laughing at the failure of others. It’s a bittersweet laughter though. On one hand it’s unmistakably funny to see a dog miss catching a tennis ball, instead hitting him in the face. On the other hand, it tweaks my ego because I think back to those moments in my life which, if stopped in time, could have the letters F-A-I-L stamped across them in bold font. Times like how the first girl who I ever successfully asked for a date said “yes” on a bet with her friends.

And that makes me think. If we took a snapshot of the classical, mainstream church today, could it be fitted with F-A-I-L and added to the archives of The Fail Blog? I think so.

By and large the church today is consistently missing the mark. It is failing to be salt, it is failing to be light, and it is failing to have an impact on the culture around it. But more concerning to me is that the church today, by and large, is failing to teach its members how to love each other.

Sure, there are a relative handful of churches out there athat are getting it right. But they’re few and far between. Yet I’m not giving up on the rest of them. I’m called to be a Minister of the Gospel of Christ and furthermore I feel personally called to come alongside failing churches (even those that are superficially succeeding with attendance and/or money) and help them.

How will I do this? I’m not entirely sure. But one thing IS for sure, I’m going to face a lot of heartache trying to do it.