Comments on: What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church?

By: Catholic Tech Tips

Catholic Tech Tips — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:23:58 +0000

Thank you “J” and Sarah for chiming in. God Bless and have a blessed Lenten journey.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:49:56 +0000

I thought this video was a great opportunity to simply laugh at ourselves and our Christian culture. Sometimes we need that (and a good laugh can give perspective too). For example, I can’t count the churches I’ve attended that have “made” newcomers raise their hands or stand up (so embarrassing!). It was cathartic to laugh at that scene.

On the flip side, I think your post makes some excellent points. We shouldn’t strive to be more like Starbucks but to bring people closer to God and his never-changing truths. I too attended a church similar to this one (and have been to Catholic parishes similar to this one… so it’s not just Protestant), and I too moved on to a parish that had more depth and sense of “the sacred.”

By: J. O'Toole

J. O'Toole — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:03:55 +0000

Good post!! My husband and I attended his friend’s Assemblies of God church once, because he was the pastor, a fallen-away Catholic. The services were held in a clean plain room with no stained glass and I can’t remember much of a cross either, and a huge screen was suspended from the ceiling right next to the altar. The screen was used to display words to the songs they were singing, and they sang and sang and sang until their heads nearly popped off. I think the over-singing was an attempt to bring Christ to their church. I’ll take the Living Eucharist any day!!

By: Matthew Warner

Matthew Warner — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:43:38 +0000

Great post! We can’t go to mass asking “what’s God going to do for ME today?” We should be asking “what can GOD do THROUGH ME today?” This self-offering is what mass is all about and ultimately what our entire relationship with Christ is about. In fact, any GOOD relationship, period, works on this principle.

That is why, as you noted, those that are truly searching for that type of relationship with Christ ultimately “move-onto or back” to other traditional experiences of faith – experiences that have out-lived any fad of pop-culture. This is ultimately exhibited in the Catholic Faith…the expression of faith that has out-lived them all and embodies the fullness of the faith.