OK guys, I am not making this stuff up. You cannot imagine articles this crazy!!! Jeff Martin recently released an article in USA Today about churches which have encouraged dog owners to bring their pets to church: “Church Services put Paws in the Pews.” One parishioner exclaims:
"I hadn't been to church in many, many years, and this gave me a reason to come back with my friend.”
Martin writes, On this night in Omaha, a recent Thursday in March, Balestri is preaching to the largest crowd to attend the weekly "Paws and Prayers" service since it began in December. There are 57 people, and an estimated 50 dogs. . . . Parishioners request prayers for homeless animals and homeless people. One man requests prayers for a deceased pet who "went over the rainbow." There are prayer requests for people, as well. When the offering plate is passed, people place their gifts inside and take squares of cheese for the dogs. "You feel good when you leave," says Pam Weiss, with Baxter, a Pomeranian mix.
Any thoughts on what this article reflects regarding the nature of church attendance?
This is an unbelievable story. It might as well have been taken from theonion.com or the Daily Show.
ReplyDeleteTo me the story says that the people who tolerate pets in church have certainly lost at least some sense of holiness in the House of God.