Church appropriate vs Outside world appropriate

A month or so ago, in my youth group I was showing a video from Shrek 2. The kids loved the clip and we had a great discussion but they brought up a video that I had to watch. They said that it was amazing and were astonished that I had not found this video before. (This is where I know that I am getting old, because I don't spend endless hours on You Tube, I don't see the point.) So, the next week, they asked me if I had checked out this video. I told them I had forgotten but that I would get around to it.
Two weeks ago, I was helping one of my youth organize some food for our Foodnet program. She had again asked about the video and I said I would go right upstairs and watch it. She looked at me like I might be crazy, which then lead me to ask if it was church appropriate. There was an adult volunteer that was helping us and she asked is there a different between church appropriate and home appropriate? My youth quickly answered with a yes. Which lead this same adult to ask why and should there be?
I have really had to stop and think about those very questions. I mean church appropriate is such an interesting concept isn't it? I mean what really is church appropriate, how does one deem what is and isn't church appropriate? I was talking to a couple of other young people the other day about this very thing because I am still rolling it around in my head. One of them said, "Yes, there is a difference because you can't bring everything to the church." That comment was like a slap to the back of the head. "What do you mean there are things you can't bring to the church?" I asked. She says "Well, like there are some videos and such that are hilarious that will make you feel better if you are sad but they aren't videos you should watch at church."
She walked away before I could ask her what those videos would be, but it made me think even harder about all of this. We want the church to be a place where people can be themselves, bring whatever is troubling them, or whatever is bringing them joy and share it with others. Yet, even a 12 year old girl already believes that you can't bring your true self to the church. When did we become another place where people have to put on a mask and not show others when they are struggling. If this is really what is happening, the church has failed. We are supposed to be the place where you can bring your sick, weary, and tired. Where we will all gather around each other and help each other out. Not a place for people to come to show off how well everything is going and then go and struggle in silence and loneliness.
Sorry, I went off on a tangent, a blog for a different day. Back to church appropriate. What do you think? Are there things that shouldn't be shown or discussed in the church? And if there are is it okay for you to discuss them outside of the church? Jesus says that our bodies are a temple of God. We sing songs that talk about us being the church? So is there really a difference between church appropriate and outside world appropriate? And if so how to we distinguish what those things are and when each is appropriate to discuss? I am still rolling this all around in my head, and am not sure where it will all land, but I would love to hear your thoughts.
Now, I still have not seen this video, I keep meaning to because I am curious as to what they are talking about but I keep getting distracted by the cute kitten videos. :-) I hope your weeks are starting off well and I look forward to hearing from you all soon.
Until next time,
~Michelle