Skipping Church
My friend Heather wrote this blog post today about taking a break from going to church, and how it helped her evaluate her spiritual condition and renew her relationship with God. I cannot begin to express how much it resonated with me. Because I stopped going to church about five years ago, and every time […]
Thoughts on Worship
A continuation of yesterday’s post. Starting with a rather long, but extremely salient, quotation from C.S. Lewis’s Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer. I think our business as laymen is to take what we are given and make the best of it. And I think we should find this a great deal easier if what […]
Thoughts on Worship vs. Teaching
Background Note: Following are thoughts sparked by a Facebook conversation in which a few people expressed concern over some things that were occurring in our church’s worship services. The initial concern was over inappropriate behaviour such as texting and snacking. As the conversation continued, some people expressed discomfort with the use of movie clips during […]
I Miss the Creeds
One of the things that I loved most about the Catholic and Methodist churches I’ve attended is the recitation of the Creed. I like the Apostles’ Creed best, but the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds are also good. (They are just so long!) I think the Creeds are important, and I am very sorry that my […]
Killing Worship
I went to church today. I don’t try this often … the panic attacks I have in large crowds make it exceedingly stressful to attend even my small congregation. But today was Communion Sunday, and I really, really miss going to worship, especially on Communion Sunday. So I’ve been trying really hard to go on […]