About "An American Church"

Then he (Jesus) began to tell them many things in parables.

Matthew 13:3

The idea for An American Church was birthed in 1990 by Neil Simon’s “Rumours”; it was written and edited over the years, continually stoked by the biting satirical humor in the Babylon Bee, and personal experiences. While there are wonderful churches in our country, An American Church is a critical observation of the many churches that are becoming culturally irrelevant in western society. The salt has lost its saltiness.

An American Church is an allegory. The house symbolizes a church and the invited dinner guests are the church. The mega-theme is the lack of prayer by the church and the chaos that ensues. Listen for the excuse given by each invited guest not to pray. We’ve all been there.

Beyond lack of prayer the mega-theme, there are other messages. Appearances can be deceiving: the church, both the building and the people, may look good, but, in reality, the church is a set for pettiness, gossip, rivalry, judgmentalism, cliche Christianity, jealousy, haughtiness, and status-seeking. Helping others? Well, we need to care of ourselves first. The church has become biblically illiterate and lives in fear of the convicting power of the Holy Spirit (symbolized by the police and Officer Hollister). There's more...a lot more, but ultimately, a church that does not pray is a show. A farce. A comedy about a tragedy.

It begs the question: “How did we get here?”