Responding to flaws in your church

• Don't complain - because there is so much you have to be thankful for, and flaws should come as no surprise.
• Consider whether you may be wrong - don't tell me you've never been wrong about something before.
• If you think it really is a flaw then confess - because the church is not 'it' or 'them', but 'us', and because you probably only noticed the flaw because you're so proud of how you've everything right anyway.
• Only then, constructively criticise - because it matters that the Gospel is heard, that we live holy lives, that we respond to great need and that God is glorified.
• But finally, chill out - because it's Christ's church and he will build it, it is God's mission and he will achieve it and the Father will certainly glorify his Son.

[PS bizarrely this post actually came from reflecting on how great my church is, so don't read anything into it :-)]