Why soooo serious?

Well the kite flying went well! But now on to more serious things.
As I consider friendship I am forced to think about the state of the present Church (all denominations and cultures that believe in a God named Yahweh) and why there is such a need to find a comfort zone and remain in it for tens if not hundreds of years. God is called a Shepherd because He leads and according to scripture He leads us from place to place with a final destination in mind. When we get to the green pastures we tend to lay down and not just rest, but develop a doctrine around why it is good to remain in this place. Just have a look down your street and see how many have found a pasture that was good at one point, but now they defend it to the point of saying to others 'your pasture is not as good as ours, but it doesn't make you bad'. (We look like everyone else and we wonder why the others say to us 'and you are a Christian?')
What is God to do? And is there something we should do?
Not to promote a product, but a mindset rather, consider the brain trust of the people behind Mac and Ipod, they stay in the 'game' by looking consistently into the future and they do it well.
What does the Church see when it looks in the future? There is two basic views 'God is coming back to get us' (escape mentality) or 'we are going to go through horrific times then God is going to change everything'. (prepare and brace yourselves mentality) Over all, the mindset of the Church is not to follow/change as God requires. The view of the future and how we walk into in is overall not very well oiled. There is hope though, remember God is a shepherd and I suspect a pretty good one, so I think it is upon us to lay aside our comfort which is our structures and territories and start looking to where the Church is suppose to be.
Here is the WOW factor, I think we have a peek at what the church of the future will look like and it happens once a year out in the Nevada desert where people from all over the globe gather to exchange freely gifts, pain, artistry, and hope through and to the extremes.
www.burningman.com This gathering for one week out in the desert has the potential of growing into something greater than itself and it's done by those who don't have the same outlook as the 'Christian folk' and it is the Good Shepherd that has made/allow it to come about, maybe just to shake up stationary individuals and corporations. It is an extreme environment with extreme people populating it, but that is the view from my hillside of what the whole world is. Extremists are not just terrorists, they come in many shapes and sizes, LOL I've been call one!
Thats all for now, I'm leaving for the desert where I'll be looking into the future,,,
Latrz