I have an electric vehicle. I must plug it into a power source to maintain a charged battery.
Some Christians use church in that manner. They plug into a place weekly or randomly in order to get charged up by fast-paced rock music followed by a polished motivational speaker.
Sometimes that reminds me of a story told by a comedian about being on a college football team. They were behind at half-time. The coach gave a rousing talk to get them fired up to go out and win the game. At the height of emotion as they headed to the door to leave the locker room and head to the field, the door was jammed.
All fired up, and nowhere to go.
I charge the car so that I can go somewhere useful.
Someone at the fitness center told me about where they attend church. It’s a small, country place. But they have community. Someone has their back; they have someone’s back. They have lunch together. They perform acts of service together.
They get charged through gathering. They go out to do something.
As one of my bosses used to say, “It’s a beautiful thing.”
As a bonus, I’m passing along the website of an author/singer/songwriter I just heard about last week—Amanda Herd Opelt. She writes from the heart.
Faith Venture 
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