What is Church for?

What is Church for?

Someone once said.

To teach you to be good!

Someone replied.

Why?

Another voice chipped in.

Cos being good gets you to Heaven.

Disdainfully obvious.

Does it?

Of course.

You fool.

What did you call me?

Nothing. You should know Church is to get people to Heaven.

So I just go to Church and I get to Heaven?

Yes.

So what about grace?

What about it?

Well, isn't that important?

Well yes. Being gracious is part of being good.

The voice of reason states.

So God is gracious just because it's good?

Yes.

What about love?

Part of being good.

What about killing?

Not good.

Really?

No.

So why did God kill his Son in his grace and mercy?

What?

Isn't that what gets us to Heaven?

I'm not sure. Maybe.

Maybe?

Maybe. I don't really know.

So what is Church for?

I don't really know.

Good works in the light of grace and love?

Yes! That's it.

Anything else?

No, don't think so.

I think there might be something else.

What is it though?

Well, what do you think?

In memory of...

May the memories remain, starkly sweet, of one so loved, so cherished so dear. May we let go to hold on rightly, without bitterness or hopelessness that we may remain in faithfulness.