I have to admit...I found Matt Taibbi's article, Jesus Made Me Puke, quite interesting and amusing. I would agree with him when he talks about the "fakeness" of Christians. I get very annoyed with it myself and often feel quite uncomfortable around Christians. This might seem somewhat strange, since I am a Christian, but sometimes I just get so sick of Christians (have I said the word "Christian" enough for you yet?)

In an attempt to seem like we have it all together, Christians often put on a fake holiness that everyone seems to accept and believe even though we know it is not true. Then, when someone attempts to be real and to take off the I'm-so-Holy facade, they are condemned for being insensitive and inappropriate.

I have been to a church where I was prayed over to speak in tongues. They seriously would not let me go until some sort of sounds, that weren't English, came out of my mouth. I eventually just forced something out to get out of the very uncomfortable and awkward situation I was in. I came up for prayer because I was going through a difficult time and I left more confused and upset than before. Not exactly how I pictured Christians helping each other to be.

I grew up in a small town church that I would often despise for its lack of professionalism and bubble mentality. But there are many things that I miss about my little church. I miss the realness. The music is not always that great. There are just ordinary people up there that make lots of mistakes, don't start together, get harmonies wrong and have messed up endings. Then after a song ends on somewhat of a terrible note, they apologize and move onto the next song, which usually goes a bit better. The pastor is a dairy farmer. He gets up and preaches in his black jeans, cowboy boots and knit sweater. Kids cry during the message and run in and out of the sanctuary. People are still showing up half way through church and no one cares. Depending on who's leading the service they might make a joke about it and everyone has a good laugh. These are all small town, simple living, down to earth people. I won't begin to try and convince you that there are no facades because there is, but you still can't help but see the realness of people through their facades in a little church like this. 

Maybe there is a lot more for me to learn from my small town church than I thought. So simple, so "unprofessional," so imperfect. Ya...I like that.