“We’re not called to be successful, we’re called to be faithful.”

I've been reading various posts in the Lutheran blogosphere regarding all the crazy things the church has been doing lately to get people in the door.  I thought this "soundbite" from Issues, Etc. was worth sharing. It's from the August 5th program, an interview with Dr. Laurence White on the second petition of the Lord's Prayer:

This sort of thing seems to be very foreign to many in the church today.