Ron Swonson as a myetaphor for church

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFWeoxrhbE8 watch that link. Now watch it again and see Ron Swanson (the guy with a mustache) as me, and the Lowe's Employee as your typical pastor (or un-typical pastor if you prefer). Oh, and instead of a hardware store were in a church. Now I, unlike Ron in the video am there not to fix up my friend's apartment but to help a Buddie deal with something. Doesn't matter what. Just make up a problem and thats what I need to help my friend with. Now, my friend is the mohawk guy (it's a Halloween episode) in this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBSv_0o6beY And the house is his life. I'm not trying to imply that I'm anywhere near as capable of fixing my friend's life as Ron is at repairing houses, I'm mostly pointing out my own arrogance when it comes to hearing other people preach. You see, after four years of theology courses and 19 years of being a Christian there are few sermons I've not already heard. On top of that, most topics talked about in church have been discussed so in depthly during my time in college that most one hour conversation only scratch the surface of what I know. This has led to me becoming even more board than I usually am sitting still when I listen to others preach. The blending of arrogance, knowledge, and a male's attention span has turned church into a conflict between daydreams and theology. Not a good thing when your part of the ministry staff. But here we come to what I think the problem is. Sunday morning services have become focused on knowledge. Which means the Christians produced by these value knowledge and belief highly. Thats not a bad thing, but Christ followers should have something more at the chore of their values. Namely, taking care of other folks. Yes, belief in Christ being who the Bible says he is is key, but theres more to it. We are meant not just to believe what Jesus taught, but are to do it too (I recommend reading the book of James, especially chapter two, and even more so verse 26). Being saved by faith is great; I love that my mistakes were taken to the cross, but if my faith stops at me being forgiven, is it really worth anything? The life of a Christ follower should be one of action caused by faith and driven by love. With the current church model, this becomes difficult if not impossible for most congregations. Because were meant to do this in community as a church. But with a preacher whose message is what the services are based off of(please don't say or think something dumb like "but their centered on Jesus". I'm talking about the structure not motive here), the rest of the members are left with nothing to do but receive knowledge and talk amongst themselves afterwords. This method leave me dissatisfied, because I think when the member's of Christ's body gather together it should be to offer an act of service. Thats my ideal anyway. More to come (on this topic especially)