There's a new family sitting in the third row because last Tuesday one of your members saw the moving van arrive and stopped in to invite them to church. The Author of Life needs a production company to enact the saving story. All we do flows into and out of worship. It is a signal event in which everything finds purpose and direction as it's offered to God. Becoming involved in the inner workings of ministry does not hamper our spirituality but deepens it.
Difficulties do arise.
Because its aim is high, its failings are more obvious than those of other institutions. That simply means that we have to deal with people realistically, knowing that inside we're all a bit like turtles with hard shells over our hearts. If we have come to faith in Jesus Christ, we should be equally realistic about God's grace. The shell has been broken. Alienation from God doesn't have to be the last word.