This is a truly superb article–“What People Are Really Thinking When They Invite you to Church.” The author, Angela Jamene, strikes just the right tone. It’s a good example for Christians to follow in an increasingly secular society, in which fewer and fewer people have any church background.

She says when people invite you to church, they’re saying, “I love you and I want this indescribable love, peace, and joy for you because I genuinely care about you.”

That’s what the person that has sent you countless emails and texts about next Sunday, or called you every Saturday night asking to pick you up in the morning, wants for you. Every card from your grandma with bible passages written on it means she wants this for you. Every flyer from your neighbor, or old high school friend, about another church event means they want this for you….

The people that invite you to church are just like that friend that insists that you try the new Puerto Rican restaurant downtown, they have experienced something amazing and they want it for you too. It’s like that, but on almighty steroids.

When a friend or a kindly stranger, a relative or a playgroup parent, says “Hey, why don’t you come to church with me on Sunday?” what they mean is “I love you so much, I cannot describe what I know you can get from this because I can’t even put into words what it has done for me.” We understand that when you live in a world of sneaky advertising and suspicious sales scams, this sounds like just another one. But, it isn’t.