Keep Christianity Weird

You may be familiar with the slogan that started in Austin, TX, and then spread to other cities. The slogan is “Keep Austin Weird.”

I was thinking about that with regard to our passage this week found in 1 Corinthians 1.

From the first chapter of 1 Corinthians, all the way through the fourth chapter, Paul is actually making a case for keeping Christianity weird.

And Christianity is weird. Seriously weird! I’ll show you right off in the sermon with one story.

Our impulse is to downplay the weirdness and to try our best to fit in and make our our faith seem “normal.”

But it’s really important that it stay weird in the right ways because it’s in the weird parts of our faith that we experience God’s power and grace.

I hope to see you this weekend. Do you have a friend who loves weird? Invite them this weekend.

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This is Us

We are the church, whether we are gathered or scattered--each one of us, a part of the body of Christ, wherever we go, whatever we do.

So, where can you find us, and what are we doing?

One of our VIP Volunteers every year at Game Cafe is Barry Schalkle, who puts on the competitive and exciting Team Trivia Challenge. Barry researches questions, pictures, and music to make sure we have a range of difficulty in our questions and that there are questions for every age group.  Barry loves learning and believes trivia helps people not only learn in a fun way, but retain information better. He loves seeing people excited when they remember something someone else didn’t. Barry especially likes seeing the younger ones having fun learning and being rewarded for it. When you play Team Trivia Challenge at Game Cafe this year, make sure to thank Barry for all the work he does to make sure we all have a great evening.