Finding Church
Out of the Mouth of a Woman Preacher ~ Finding Church
My husband and I put in quite a few hours in the front seats of our minivan this past week. For much of that time, we sat quiet, alone with our thoughts, using the down time to process things. It’s a good friend who is comfortable with silence. It wasn’t until we began making our…
Read MoreRolling the Church Dice: Finding Church
Every Saturday evening, my husband and I sit, side by side, laptops on our laps. We click through church websites, reading pages like “What to Expect” and “What We Believe” and “Leadership.” On the one hand, having all this information at our fingertips is a huge help in narrowing down the field of prospective church…
Read MoreFinding Church: What IS the Church, anyway?
Another Sunday morning, another room full of chairs all facing the same direction, another band up front leading us in singing, another moment when I realize how few people really are singing along. We’re two more faces in a crowd of passive spectators. We could walk in and walk out and no-one would know we’d…
Read MoreFridays Are For Books: Introducing “From Eternity To Here” by Frank Viola
Starting this week, I’m designating Fridays as book discussion days. I’m starting with Frank Viola’s book “From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of God.” I’ve also arranged for a special treat, an interview with the book’s author. As we go along, if you have a question you’d like to ask him, leave it…
Read MorePackaging the Church: “New and Improved” or “All-Natural and Organic”?
I sank into our Adirondack chair in a daze, looking for a quiet place to think. I needed to sort through what we experienced that morning. I felt as disoriented as when I arrived in Bolivia, trying to understand without knowing any Spanish. But we hadn’t left our country, we’d just visited a new church.…
Read MoreIntroducing a New Blog Series: Finding Church
We are looking for a new church. In our nearly fourteen years of marriage, we’ve never had to do this. We’ve left churches twice before, but we always knew where we were going next. This time, we don’t know. It’s a bit disorienting, to be honest. We have a ridiculous array of options. (We live…
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