Stop Playing Church, Stop bowing to the Empire and be the Church: A call of Empowerment in the Psalms: An extra Sermon

What’s the point of being a Pastor if you just hide behind some cushy desk and spit out cheap grace?

Which side

Are we on,

Beloved?

If you are used to

At these gatherings

Hearing a feel good

Word,

Or

If we are honest

Crying out

For our own faith,

To be increased

In these spaces

Where we can be vulnerable,

Because we are horrified

What comes out of our mouths,

(pause)

It sounds so scripted

So wooden

As if we are spoon feeding them

Cheap

Grace!

Feeding

To those

We are supposed to be

Nourishing

With