Well, it's Saturday and Sunday's Comin'! I'm not sure where I heard it, but someone preached a sermon on that theme, Sunday's Comin'! It was a great message as I recall. Unfortunately, that's all I recall at this point. Nevertheless, Sunday's Comin for us. Time to make a selection on where we'll "do church" this week. Mind you, I don't look forward to this decision every weekend. Neither do I enjoy being disappointed with what we've discovered up to this point.
I don't think our expectations are that high, just good quality preaching - true to the text, a reasonably good Bible Study class and some caring folks who seem to love God. It doesn't have to be "mega" or "micro", Southern Baptist or Independent, just Christ centered.
It's funny because my sister-in-law & brother-in-law are here visiting and they are in a similar situation. But they are more anti-established church and pro church-plant. So we've been talking about this at length. They have mentioned churches with signs that say "More Jesus Less Crap" and Church Planting pastors with web sites or blogs with sections on them that seem specifically designed to provoke the local church establishment. I suppose if you've been called to do that, fine. But sooner or later those churches may "become" the very establishment they rail. It just doesn't seem kosher. :)
The church is not perfect, I know that. Some of those in our area seem stuck in time, captured in a cocoon of tradition. Others seem performance oriented, and others seem to be struggling just to survive, holding to their past thinking they can revive what they once were. Will any of it work, I'm not sure, seems to work for those who are there. I reckon that matters to them, even though it doesn't to me. So perhaps I should just move on until I find one that does.
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