Church in the Checkout Line
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As Amy Butler stood in the checkout line at the grocery store on a Saturday morning, an unexpectedly touching exchange took place between the checker and a customer. The two couldn't have looked more different, but they obviously had a deep connection. Later, Butler reflected on what she had seen.
"A lot of people these days are pretty convinced that they don’t need the church. And, really, they don’t need what they think church is: an exclusive club filled with shiny, happy, self-righteous people who all look like me and never say swear words," wrote earlier this week. "But they do need connection. They need love and comfort and care. They need to know they are not alone. They need to know that there’s somebody else out there asking the big, hard questions of human life, too. They need a place where tattoos and combat boots and the well-dressed and respectable ask each other ''How are you?' and really mean it."
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