Church

Church is very confusing to me. I think of words like welcoming and loving when i imagine the word "church" but it seems to be the quite opposite. Where are those open arms when those who are hurting come to church? It's no wonder i think i need to clean myself up before i can come to God. There is this vaporized lie that i need to take care of this myself. If Home groups is suppose to be a church without all the church politics and other things that drive it away from community, how come it isn't working? Let me get defensive and say that my hg and many others are growing and doing good as a group of people following Christ. haha. But there is something so much more than this. It doesn't seem like what we are doing seals the deal with God. Our joy and longing rests in Christ but why is it so hard to see this in our community as a whole. I think we are missing something mysterious that only God can bring to the table. Lets find it!