I've been thinking more and more about the way it used to be. We used to worship with our small group of villagers/ family members/ tribespeople/ whatever and we had to see these people all the time. If someone made you angry, you just simply had to face them. If they did something you disagreed with you couldn't just un-friend them. You would still see them everyday.
Two Sundays have past since we've moved here and we haven't visited a single church in Goodland.
Not that Goodland has none. In fact I think they have 8 or 9. 3 are on the same intersection all staring each other down.
But we've been visiting and out of town, so haven't been around to go. And I guess I feel a little nervous about it.
It is crazy how many denominations there are! The fact that Jesus died for everyone seems pretty all inclusive. He wasn't up there on the cross saying "Father, forgive them... but not that guy, he drinks a little much... and that lady gets too wild in worship... oh yeah and not her either, she believes in evolution...and that guy handles snakes, definitively not him..."
Isn't that kinda what we do though? We all have reasons and arguments for choosing who we will and who we won't worship the creator of the universe with. We aren't talking big questions here like, um, is Christ your personal saviour. We are more worried about the song choice and how often they discuss tithing.
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| Bushmen community at Gope, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana |
And worship was a natural part of that. I think if you took a bushman of the Kalahari today and told him about how we have created hundreds of slightly different ways to worship God, he would laugh.
Worshiping together doesn't mean you agree on everything, heck it doesn't even mean you like each other. It just means you both acknowledge the Creator; you want to praise Him, and you know there is something special about worshiping with others.
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| ONE Community Church, 5th birthday |
All that being said, ONE community church was the church where my husband came to God, it was the first church our children went to, and I loved it. The worship was great, the messages pushed you to go out and be God's hands and feet. How do you find another church "home?"
Really, any suggestions?
just can't stop myself - oh, the irony that you bought a church and now you're looking for religion. i love it. but that makes me sound like a jerk. it's so hard to leave a congregation where you've really made connections and you feel like you're a part of something. i feel sorry that you've lost that. you could always check out some mormons. i've known a few nice ones.
ReplyDeletelol. I have too known some nice mormons
Deletemaybe we should just start our own church. but wait, i really don't want to do that.