Dear Queenie,
I would like to get your opinion on a disturbing subject.
My mother has been attending a certain church. I must say that the services are not that bad. I was battling over the fact, for years, on whether I should go along with her or not, because I always heard that it was a family church, meaning you had to be either blood-related or married to one of them, or a constant pastor-pleaser to even get up on stage. You should hear the conversations that go on in the back or after church.
But I finally decided to go, to make my mother happy. Big mistake. To start, the people are mostly fake. They pretend to like each other, then bad-talk each other. The “singers” are the ugliest set of people that I have ever seen and, oh boy, do they overact when they are “singing.”
But after all that, my real reason for writing this is that the pastor keeps preaching and challenging the flock to be an example, where to go and what to do. But shouldn’t he look closer to home? I was shocked to see one of his main male singers performing in a concert under the tent at Port de Plaisance. In that same show were people that are, let’s say, not so Christian. This was not the first time that I saw him on stage out of the church. And to make things worse, from what I could see, most of the choreographic dance group were there shouting and jumping up and down during and after his so-called performance. It was a real shame.
It was a Saturday night and I think that there is prayer meeting every Saturday night.
I mean, please, people, didn’t the pastor say that that was wrong?
I also heard that this male singer and his sister were the backup singers on some steel band night.
Then they showed up the next morning on stage, front and center, to sing in church. But they are family, so I guess it’s not so bad.
That’s why I decided to write in, so the church members and myself would no longer be confused. Pastor, what is going on here?
Queenie, what is your opinion?—Disturbed
Dear Disturbed,
Since you are talking about a religious subject, let me quote some Scriptures:
“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness, come before His presence with singing.” (Psalm 100) Nowhere does the Psalm say this singing should take place only in a house of worship; in fact, quite the opposite.
And, “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged.” (Matthew 7) You are quick to judge these church-goers. How do you think they may be judging you?
