Worship

In Kenya, you don't ask someone where they go to church, you ask them where they worship. Hmmmm... stop for one moment as you are all heading out to 11 AM services that will last exactly one hour.
What portion of your service is dedicated to worshipping God? How many songs of praise do you sing or for how long? When it comes time for prayer requests, do you have more to come before the Lord with than a test coming up or a promotion? When you are asked for joys, can you come up with more than a birthday or anniversary.

In Kenya, life is simple. You either have what you need or you don't. And if you don't, I mean you REALLY do not. You rely on the Lord and on your neighbors.

And even in that culture where many church members do not have enough to eat or enough to send their children to school, the first thing on a list of wishes for their church is a place of worship.

This place of worship would be a place that would be used not just on Sunday but every day of the week. I think of how many US UMC churches have been sold or are just sitting idly. These christians would be thrilled to have those places. And yet, they request just a place to worship.

Did you worship today or go to church?