Sunday 6 May 2012

Soft music and candles

Occasionally, i talk about the ways in which church culture repels men. One of the main ways is by presenting faith in very romantic terms. This is dubious enough on its own, but heard through the ears of a man (given that Jesus is also male) it becomes doubly weird.

I found an example in my email. A church friend pitches a pre-Easter event like this:

We're opening the church up from 6pm-8pm, where it'll be candle-lit with soft music playing in the background. [..] an opportunity to quietly prepare our hearts [..] this is a great place to be stilling your heart before God and listening to His still small voice.

Seriously, that was in the invite. And people wonder why men are disappearing from church!