schemes

Os Guiness (yes he is related to the wonderful makers of the Irish Stout), has a brilliant insight on the Church. It is not the first time I have read this, but it sturck me today for some reason. In his book the The Gravedigger File he says this,

"One of the most powerful schemes to undermine the Church is to make it privately engaging, but socially irrelevant."

As I think through this, I ask myself what are we, the Church, spending the most time doing? How hard are trying to engage those on the "inside" ... is this scheme succesful. I pray that it is not, but it has caused me to do some soul searching today.