So, as usually happens after writing at length on a given topic, I went to bed and woke up with a small series of new thoughts I had to jot down on the bus this morning. Ahem.
The first thing is that American Christians tend to be ashamed to admit to watching TV, whereas Australian Christians have no qualms about it, even going so far as to list it as a hobby and setting goals of taking up a show.
On a different note, Australian Christians are a lot better at remembering to actually pray at prayer meetings and Bible studies -- and not just for "prayer requests," but also for general Christian-y things that are vital, but tend to get forgotten: for God's kingdom to come, to better understand Scripture, to grow in knowledge and understanding of God and for God to be glorified.
And finally, I was convinced I'd written about money already, but either I did so in passing or on someone else's blog. Basically, the quick observation I had was that American churches rarely put out a "donation" basket when having church dinners -- which, incidentally, are often potlucks -- while Australian churches tend to. Australian churches also seem to be more likely to reimburse people for bringing, say, food for an event, whereas American churches usually expect members to contribute in these sorts of ways without reimbursement.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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The American churches you attended with your family your whole childhood would often put out donation baskets at potlucks, but Dad always paid your way, so you probably just didn't notice it, since you didn't need to.
Nowadays, we rarely have potlucks, since so many people quit cooking and just brought fast foods. More often than not, we charge a fee and pay someone to do all the food prep.
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