A Failure to Connect It’s time to leave for church, but our son isn’t feeling well, and his wife will stay home with him. So, Candy, my wife, and I make another last-minute change. It’s 9:50 a.m., with not enough time to make it to any of the area’s many 10 a.m. services. I scan […]
New Approaches for an Old Denomination It’s a holiday weekend. Our son and daughter-in-law are out of town, so we’re free agents. A return trip to the Megachurch is in order, but our daughter invites us to go to a church she and her husband have visited the past couple of weeks. A friend from […]
A Different Approach As we transition between homes, we’re living with our son and daughter-in-law. We’ll go to Sunday services with them, holding off on our search for a new church home. We’ve already gone with them a handful of times over the past few years, and for this season in our lives, it will […]
Looking to Find a New Church My wife and I are looking to find a new church. I never thought we’d be in this situation. My assumption was we’d go to our church for the rest of our lives. So much for assumptions. While writing my not-yet-published memoir, God, I Don’t Want to Go to […]
The experiences I share in this book are my experiences. Others may have different observations. I’m an introvert, as is a slight majority of people. Even so, I doubt my reactions are unique to me or even to other introverts. Consider these fifthteen discussion questions about How to Be an Engaging Church. 1. Whether introvert […]
For 52 Churches, we took a year off and visited a different Christian church every Sunday. Then we returned to our home church. For More Than 52 Churches we interspersed our visits with regular attendance at our home base. Consider these five discussion questions about Our New Church Home. 1. Staying connected to our home […]
For 52 Churches, we took a year off and visited a different Christian church every Sunday. When the year wrapped up, we returned to our home church. This time it’s different. Throughout More Than 52 Churches, we interspersed our church visits with regular attendance at our home church. This provided a balance, a stability to […]
Greek Orthodox sits fourth on my mental list of churches to visit. Like Anglican Catholic, I’ve never talked to anyone who went to a Greek Orthodox church. Historically, I understand they split from the Roman Catholic Church about a thousand years ago. Consider these three discussion questions about Church 75. 1. What little I know […]
My final consideration is Greek Orthodox. They appear fourth on my mental list of churches to visit. Like Anglican Catholic, I’ve never talked to anyone who was Greek Orthodox or Eastern Orthodox. Historically, I understand they split from the Roman Catholic Church about a thousand years ago. What little I know—accurate or not—comes from what […]
Another church is Anglican Catholic. They’re also on my mental list of churches to visit. I expect their service to be much like Roman Catholic, but I’m not sure. It’s an intriguing mystery to me. To compare them with Roman Catholicism and other high churches might offer good insight. I’m sure I can learn much […]