Jared, over at Gospel Driven Church, has this to contribute to help us see the madness and, MAYBE, do something to increase sanity, to wit: [note: Jared's link to Ed Stetzer's observation is critical to his thought]
"I must confess that I think churches talk more than they help. They brand themselves as caring for their communities through catchy slogans, yet they seem to talk more than they act. It kind of reminds me of that Brady Bunch episode in which Peter rescues a little girl from a falling shelf in Driscoll's Toy Store. The newspaper wrote about it and the TV station came out. And, you guessed it, the middle Brady son became obsessed with telling his heroic tale and couldn't stop talking about himself to his friends and family. It's no wonder no one wanted to be around the "hero." Self-congratulation is obnoxious and tiring. Likewise, I believe the world is growing tired of churches that occasionally helped the poor, took up an offering, or went on a mission trip and can't stop talking about those occasional experiences. People today find it odd that the Church founded by a Savior who came healing the sick and caring for the poor is now only marginally involved in His mission."
Also check out Jared's comments on another related madness, "There is Only One Messiah and America Isn't His Kingdom."
Go and do what Jesus did -- it's called following him.
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