Service Station to Convenience Store

Today's chapel was really amazing.  Campus Ministries put together "The Nails of the Cross."  It is a look into the "nails" that were driven into Christ:  Pride, Infidelity (disloyalty), Envy, Indecision, Hatred, and Cruelty.  I wanted to take this event seriously and reflectively.  However, many of my fellow classmates did not think that this was worth their time.  They came in for the chapel credit.  I hate it.  It irks me to no end when people come to very introspective experiences like this one with such an attitude.  People were talking throughout the whole thing, not being respectful of those around them, and being very disrespectful even to the Cross.  Hardly anyone stopped at the cross in the fifteen minutes I was there.

Things like this make me wonder what the church has become today.  I might call into question the true Christianity of these people, but I feel that the church is also somewhat to blame.  It seems to me that the church has become nothing more than a convenience store where you come, get a donut and coffee, get your "gas" for the week, and leave.  What happened to the church that used to be a service station, a place where you would drive in and the attendant would come to you, fill up your life, check your "oil" and other necessary fluids, tire pressure, wiper blades, and make sure you were in proper working order in general?  Are we too busy even for Christ?