How Do You Worship God? Is it just on Sunday or all the time? What is it to worship God? Ask different people and receive different answers. To worship God is to: Go to church Pray Sing hymns Give money Serve in some area These are all facets of...
Reflecting on Church #18: More Liturgy, More Struggles With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #18. We’ve now been to three liturgical...
Jesus loves everyone. He accepts those on the fringe, the people who society dismiss. Jesus embraces people who do wrong and who live immoral lives. Yet there was one group he criticized, and he did so often: the Pharisees. Aren’t we glad we’re...
Reflecting on Church #17: Learning to Embrace Liturgy With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #17. This high church experience gave me much...
Peninnah is an unfamiliar Bible character. Hare you ever heard of her? She’s a co-wife with Hannah (the mother of Samuel). Their husband is Elkanah. Having two wives is never a good idea. Conflict ensues. In a tale reminiscent of Jacob and...
Reflecting on Church #16: If Only They Were Friendly With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #16. There were so many things this church did...
Why I Don’t Dress Up For Church Some people dress up for church to honor God; others dress up to impress people. I, however, dress casually, sometimes to an extreme. This isn’t because I’m lazy or rebellious; this is my way to honor God. One...
Reflecting on Church #15: Moving Towards Unity and Acceptance With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #15. This United Methodist Church is an...
Discussion Question: What is Church? A few weeks ago, the church service kicked off with a discussion question: “What is Church?” We broke into small groups with those sitting around us. After exchanging introductions (why hadn’t we already done...
What I Learned From the Parade of Homes I’m not sure how widespread this is, but in our corner of Michigan, there’s an annual event in several cities called the Parade of Homes. It’s like a progressive dinner, but instead of eating at each stop...
