The Tortoise Church and the Hare Church (or Why Tortoises Shouldn't Try to Wear Fur)

Slow and steady won the tortoise the race. The hare was spunky and exciting and (in churchological terminology) vibrant and alive. He was also arrogant and his energy fizzled out quickly.

Why do congregations try so hard to be the hare when it was the tortoise, who by faithfulness and perseverance won the race