Dead bugs and elbow grease in the chapter of March
In the Book of Our Lord 2022, it suddenly occurred to Shari Zook that she had once again been living her life by sheer elbow grease.
Tag: church life
My response: Running
Both of my last two blog posts are true pictures of my family. There is great pain and great beauty side by side in my home.
OtherSpeak: How a Pro-Family Church Gives Singles a Place
Anita Yoder writes: “It goes both ways, but if you know a single in your church, think about how you could let her feel like she matters and belongs.”
Little ones at church
We-the-people are the ones who connect to them, or not. What would it look like if every child in your church had a personal connection to every adult?
My church experience
In a white country church house with six pews on the right and six pews on the left, I formed my first ideas of God and his people.
On worship
We Christians have always been good at line-drawing, and we are usually the ones who do it best. Or, if we dislike our upbringing, the ones who do it worst. The Catholics are too iconic, the Anglicans too liturgical, the black churches too emotive, the Quakers too quiet, the Methodists too formal, the Pentecostals too hyper, the Mennonites too traditional. Private worship is too individualistic, and public is too contrived or too showy. In the end, is there any good way to worship? that’s unlike what we are comfortable with?
Words about worship: your turn
In the past year, I’ve been thinking a lot about worship. Before I share my thoughts, I’m curious about your own experience in worshipping Jesus. What is worship like for you?
The book in question
Well, the book that quote came from was actually the Holy Bible… howbeit, from the slightly renovated version known as The Message (however large a disclaimer you feel that to be). Here is the quote again: Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself. It takes one to know one. Judgmental criticism of others is […]