I came to a few revelations in the past year. Some dealt with world peace, others with the government’s intrusion on the church. But mostly I just realized that my parents broke all manor of child labor laws when it came to me. It wasn’t the bean walking. (Although that is sort of like a midwestern girl’s rite of passage. ) It wasn’t the hours of endless … Continue reading i’m just asking
You pastors put up with a lot. We beat you up. We tear you down. We dump stuff on your plate. We cry to you. We babble. We tell you why you’re wrong. We tell you why we’re right. We dissect your sermons. We fall asleep during your sermons. We think you only work an hour every week. Yeah. We’re pretty sure we could do … Continue reading why your pastor won’t let you sing “amazing grace” every Sunday and other disconcerting tales of woe
Several of you have told me, over the past 24 hours, that one of your priorities in finding a church was whether or not you felt comfortable in it. But because we’re all adults, capable of calm conversation, I’m about to say something quite uncomfortable: Church isn’t supposed to be comfortable. It’s not like a pair of well-worn sweatpants or Cracker Barrel mac-n-cheese or a … Continue reading an uncomfortable church
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