Supersize Me

I watched a bit of the documentary Supersize Me a few weeks ago. There is one scene that has stayed with me. Jared of Subway fame was meeting the people after a speaking engagement. One particular teenage girl - a little on the larger side of life - was lamenting the fact it was so unfair that for average people like her, it was impossible to afford to lose weight. She didn't have the money to buy Subway regularly so she could lose weight effectively.

On our recent church search, I had the impression that a lot of Australian churches have this Subway Magic mentality. They see something happening really effectively in some other congregation and believe that there is some type of magic within the activity that they need to buy at any cost. So many small community churches are buying into the styles of mega churches with some kind of anticipation that the style will bring a life of its own. It doesn't work for me. It becomes an ill-fitting garment hanging conspicuously off a gawky frame and its embarrassing to look at. I'm a firm believer that there is nothing more attractive than unprentious expression. And that's all I have to say on that.