Noah's Ark

Someone referred to our churches, recovery gatherings, so-called Holy Places as being a bit like Noah's Ark.  That is, they are treated as places that support security, preoccupied with internal needs.  How often does the preacher speak about social justice, or the recovery meetings about personal sobriety as only the first step on the way to be automatically happy, joyous and free, while those in attendance are concerned with music or the temperature in the building, or their parking place, or the taste of coffee?  These gatherings are to nurture us, strengthen us so that we can go forth and be of service to the suffering world around us.  Recovery is not Noah's Ark, nor is weekly worship.