Online church

I just wrote this reply to a blog about online church being compared to fast food (http://blog.ourchurch.com/2009/07/09/online-church-spiritual-fast-food/) and thought I might post my thoughts on online church here.

I generally agree with his comparison to fast food.... Let me know what you think!

I really like online church, as last year I had to spend a year in Europe (sounds like punishment, doesn't it) and I had a hard time finding a church that I connected with. My church then started online church and I really had a great time staying in touch with my own church back home. So online church is a great alternative. It also provides some fun little things that real church doesn't...

• Globalisation: you are chatting live with a bunch of people about God from all different continents...
• Questions: The last few years have proven that people are far more open to ask hard questions when the speaker is not live in front of them! Some of us are more bold when it's online and will ask questions of others and/or the speaker that we would not ask in person (it's the age old mask thing) I would probably not make this comment if it weren't for being online!
• Dress Code: I LOVED being at church in my PJ's, slurping a coffee and dancing through the house to the worship being played! I would never do that at my church and honestly, people thank me for that! :)

Online church is fantastic, but we need real people in our life! We need real friends who see us, who can speak into our life and that will point out to us that we should not apply to America's got talent!
But every now and then, just like fast food, online church is so fun and fantastic!

I strongly suggest to someone who ONLY does online church, to try and get a group of friends together that are committed Christians that would do life with them. Not everything has to happen inside a church building....

Of course there need to be some sort of a boundary. Like accountability to someone other than yourself!