We live in a world that is conflicted in the way it uses language, where we have to be very careful what we say in some circumstances and yet where outrageous claims are made in others (advertising).
As Christians we need to learn to be careful in the language we use of the church. What do you say when someone asks you where you were on Sunday? Or when your child asks where you are going this morning? I guess we say we are going "to church". Just to deconstruct that a little what is it saying church is? It says church is a place.
Maybe a better response would be to say we are going or we went to "be church". I wonder if using such language would also help us in the way we approach church even if it is subconsciously.
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