Some thoughts about music

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/worship/features/22374-when-the-secular-is-sacred

This article expresses a lot of things that I think are true, but that you don't always hear at church. God is big. You don't have to be doing something overtly spiritual all the time to be living the gospel. Isn't that what we want? To worship God in everything, even in situations where we can't or shouldn't wrap ourselves in a poster that says, "JESUS?"

I love God while I wash dishes, and wipe snotty noses. I love God while I teach algebra. I love God while I carpool kids around.

I think this article expresses a part of that. Right on!

Note

Soul searching is not a fun easy process.

Posturing

I've found a small group and been going for about three weeks. They are breaking into smaller groups, so I'm waiting that out.

Someone once told me to go to a new group three times before giving up. It was good advice because it takes me that long to be comfortable.

I just joined the online community that this new church has. I hate the idea of it. Virtual church is uncomfortable for me, and as a newcomer I found it exclusive and weird. There's some irony in blogging about that.

Right now my goal is to posture myself for growth and relationship. I keep hitting walls of distrust, anger, or lack of discipline. Maybe this is where I am now, but this is not where I want to be, who I want to be, forever.

So the church adventuring continues. God help me.