After my recent post on the Catholicity of the Faith, I have been keeping an eye on responses and examples of those living that out. Today my little brother posted about the church and his perceptions of its frustrations and shortcomings which is well worth the read. A few excerpts:

The first thing that is really bothering me is in the attitude of the church. It seems that so many leaders in the church, and members as well have become exceedingly lazy and content with the current functions

I find it interesting how often the tithe money goes to the pastors, building, and missionaries. It seems like the poor/orphans/widows are forgotten. Now, I'm not saying that this is true in every situation, but it has seemed to be a pretty constant theme in my experience.

He also managed to get a dig in at Joel Osteen. Awesome (Too bad he couldn't slip in a dig at Brian McLaren)