Church & The New Domino’s

Recently, it seems that no matter when I was watching TV, I would see the new Domino’s commercial about how they have reinvented their pizza. Quite honestly, I couldn’t remember the last time I had Domino’s, but I’m sure that’s because my opinion was like that of so many others, that it was horrible. Their commercial caught my attention & curiosity. So this past weekend we decided to have some Domino’s delivered for diner.

I placed my order online (and my kids got a kick out of seeing the status bar (see below) -- Jose has prepped your order… Jorge is out for delivery with your order) as well as the online Connect Four game. Our pizza arrived pretty quickly, and to be honest my expectations were low. We had a back up diner plan.

But in truth, it was much better than what I remembered the old Domino’s to be. Living in NY where there’s a pizza place on every corner, it’s what I would consider “secondary pizza” or fast food pizza, in the camps with Pizza Hut & Papa John’s. Running in those circles, I feel like Domino’s has significantly upped their game, and I would consider ordering again in the future.

But the real moral of the story here -- this whole pizza turnaround, listening to their critics, making changes -- it made me think about the Church. How well are we listening? What do we do with our critics? Are we learning & improving? Domino’s still makes pizza, and the church will always be all about Jesus -- but in the presentation, are we looking to improve? To have the freedom to try new things to reach more people? Thankfully, I believe there are a lot of churches doing just that.

Have you tried the new Domino’s? What do you think?