A new thought came to mind recently. I started looking at some of the student ministries I've travelled to recently and in the past. I also started looking back at some of the various church ministries I've been a part of over the years and I began to wonder...have our churches become more of a catering service than a beacon of light? Have we allowed society to change what we do and how we do it so much that we can barely recognize who we are? Have we taken on such a seeker-centered mentality that our ministries have taken on an "anything goes" mentality? I wonder, have we become more of a catering service than a church? Have our student ministries been so focused on getting students interested through games, programming, etc., that we no longer preach the Gospel or when we do preach the Gospel, we water it down to a point that there is no conviction or cost involved.

So I spawn a question to all who read this, have our churches and more specifically, our student ministries, become more of a catering service rather than the body of Christ whose sole purpose is not to bunker down, but to push back the forces of darkness? I would love to hear any thoughts that you have on this question whether you agree or disagree. Maybe we can even throw out some alternatives to correct this slippery path we're on.