Cleansing the temple

When we were in the Philippines, we had the opportunity to travel to the Quiapo district of Manila.  Here is where the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene is located.  It is a large Catholic church where the life size statue of Jesus with dark skin is on display (and actually worshiped).  Surrounding this church is

Go therefore and make great worship services?

How easy is it to loose site of the big picture… to get distracted with the tactics and strategies over the overall goal and purpose… to make the ‘means’ more important than the ‘ends’?  This is the danger our church has faced for centuries as we seek to be both Holy and relevant.  But as