If you’re like me, you know people who would jump at an invitation to eat an expensive Brunch on Sunday morning, but wouldn't be caught dead at Lemonade and Cookies after worship on Sunday. At root, it’s the fear of not being welcome, and not knowing the 'secret handshakes' and language of long-time church folk. For some, church seems like publicly sanctioned abuse because, for years now, wolves in sheep’s clothing have co-opted the words 'church' and 'christian' and moulded those terms in their own cold, narrow likeness. And frustratingly, people who don’t know better accept that this starched front is ‘Gospel Truth’. Read More…