Experience or do?

"There's a lot I want to exprerience, but not a lot I want to actually do." What do you think about that quote in regards to the church? I read this quote this morning on Seth Godin's blog and it got me thinking about us as the church. It often seems to me that we are about the experience of church, but not really living it out. The doing part is the risky part. The part where you may fail or people may criticize you for doing things differently. The experience part to me is a lot of times about me. I want to feel good. I want to feel like I belong. Me, me, me.... We can experience things and not really accomplish much. I think that experiencing something can mean being there but not really investing in it. I can experience a football game. Go and watch, cheer for my team to win, but I haven't really done much to impact the game itself. Now if I am out there playing, even if in a small role, I affect the outcome. I may miss a tackle or catch the winning touchdown, but at least I am in the game. Success or failure, I am doing something. What if the church became more about doing? We are known by the fruit we bear, not by the number of experiences we have. I know our faith isn't based on our works alone, but I think it is based on more than some talk and warm fuzzy feelings. What are you experiencing that you should be doing? An experience may be the launching pad to doing something, but at some point we actually have to do something. Invest somewhere today.