Life is a comedy for the rich - so one person coined this phrase and you bet he was rich.
I get perplexed at how quickly we pass judgement at the hoards of people who attend this services - however to get a better understanding and indeed insight as to the realms of this world, spending some time with the church folk might be a key first step.
Over the last few years i have taken a keen interest on Social Economics and during my time in Nairobi i have attended this churches - the keshas, the early morning ones, Midday services et cetera.
Nothing happens in a vacuum so they say - One common theme that i identified with is a need for understanding/belonging among most of the congregation. For most life has thrown huge curve balls and inability to navigate away from this situations has been difficult, being from an African setting we automatically turn to God because this is how most of us have been brought up (this does not happen with our western counterparts) even though they may suffer from the same issues. What this churches provide is an AA (Alchoholic anonymus) type of setting where you derive strength by encountering people in the same or worse predicament.
I admit It does make
case for a fantastic study and like lambs to the slaughter the congregation are there for the taking, from a financial standpoint, spiritually, sexually et cetera.
So before the latte sipping crowd judges them from the comfort of their Android/Apple platforms - take sometime to read and understand the ecology of being and the economics behind that and since i suspect most of us cannot do anything about it, i guess its best we keep quiet.
The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.