{"id":13005,"date":"2013-02-16T09:06:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T13:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/?p=13005"},"modified":"2013-02-16T09:06:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-16T13:06:34","slug":"the-church-and-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2013\/02\/the-church-and-change\/","title":{"rendered":"the church and change"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_13006\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13006\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/123776225\/the-church-and-change-print\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13006\" title=\"church and change\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2013\/02\/church-and-change-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"the church and change cartoon by nakedpastor david hayward\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13006\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Church and Change\u201d by nakedpastor David Hayward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Some might argue that the church has gone through some pretty dramatic changes. I would agree: dramatic. In other words, all show. The significant change required is resisted to the death. The church would rather die than give you change.<\/p>\n<p>We are experts in tweaking. Rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship. Renovating. Redesigning. Remodeling. We\u2019ve become makeup artists. Experts in the facade.<\/p>\n<p>The true transformation that beckons us is symbolized by our symbol, the cross. It means death to our fantasmic future. Death to our vision. Death to our agendas. Death to power and authority. Death to control. Death to success.<\/p>\n<p>Real church happened on the cross. Genuine community. Thief: <em>\u201cJesus, I hurt.\u201d<\/em> Jesus: <em>\u201cYou\u2019re with me. And I\u2019m with you.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nakedpastor.etsy.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SHOP<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some might argue that the church has gone through some pretty dramatic changes. I would agree: dramatic. In other words, all show. The significant change required is resisted to the death. The church would rather die than give you change. We are experts in tweaking. Rearranging the furniture on a sinking ship. Renovating. Redesigning. Remodeling. 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