On Sundays, I worship with other believers. It is a spiritual discipline that I practiced even when I wasn’t a pastor, and it means that even when I’m on vacation I’m still engaged in worship somewhere. For many years when we were out at my wife’s parent’s I’d just join them on Sunday mornings –…
Tag: Church
Things that make me go, “eh.”
I’ve been seeing a lot written about why Evangelicals are leaving “the Institutional Church” in droves. I find the stories interesting, given that most the people sharing their stories tend to be my contemporaries, and yet their tales also fale to capture my heart. I really don’t need convincing that a good number of the…
Watching from Afar
We’re at home temporarily in the middle of our vacation. I’ll be joining some friends down at Circle of Hope this evening for worship, so I just stayed home this morning – which gave me an excellent view of what our outdoor worship looks like to our neighbors. Now, I usually hear from our neighbors…
Worship Wars….Kicking Up Again
Jesus found me at a point in history where the “worship wars” were in full swing, though I was both chronologically and in faith to realize it at the time. Thankfully, I came to faith in a Mennonite environment where people still knew how to sing so hymns tended to be sung well (oh, 606,…
Just Playing Around
Sometimes I wonder if I don’t listen to more music is because it gets my mind wondering about too many new ideas. Today I was walking home through the Sanctuary while listening to my iPod and thought, “Wow, I wonder how that would look on DV? Oh, and I’ve been meaning to play with some…
Failing Christianity
We discussed this article over on theophiles a while ago – but it just popped up in my blog reader again and, given my recent experience teaching an adult Sunday School class, I figured it was worth commenting on over here. Here’s the paragraph which, sadly, mirrors my own experience: The only place the course…
