Hey occupiers, I think you have good reasons to be protesting - don't give up!

But seriously, you also need a coherent message and at least one goal because a lot of people don't understand what you want. Surely you can come up with at least one?

Also, pay close attention to the people inciting violence. If you really don't know them it might be worth a background check. There are people being paid to disrupt and divide - bet on it. Better figure out who they are so they can be discredited and exposed!

I stopped going a couple of years ago, because I needed to take a big step back and take the time to figure out why everything felt so very wrong.

In the meantime God led me to a non denom group that has an outreach to the homeless and low income where I'm so blessed to have friends with servant hearts and have the privilege of serving in a meaningful way rather then being entertained.

Now that my perspective is reformatted, I'd love to find a church group to join that is about serving others and living out Jesus shaped principles in real community more than it is about supporting infrastructure (buildings, salaries, etc). In my heart I know what that looks like but it doesn't seem to exist where I live.

Jeff from a few posts back, I can really relate to how you feel. You would probably not be surprised to learn that getting support for our ministry from local churches (outside of a very few) is like getting volunteers to have teeth pulled with pliers. God is so faithful though to meet our needs.