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I visited another faith community today. The name is not important, though I will say it was of the ‘full-gospel’ variety. The music was amazing, the congregation often on its feet. The young pastor was dynamic, his sermon forthright, intense, scripturally based. He really nailed it. Church greeters were friendly, anxious to help. Believe me when I say that no one fell asleep during this short one hour, twenty minute event. Still, after all was said and done, it wasn’t my spiritual home. The steamship that I sojourn on, thorough the rough seas of life, is (at least culturally) the LDS church. I don’t see that ever changing, certainly not while my own loved ones find their anchor there. Paramount to my spiritual path though, is my right/ability to decide what degree of involvement I chose in our church. Perhaps part of that lies with my age, but part of it is discoveries more recently made. You might try another service sometime, its broadening to the soul brothers and sisters, I still feel the beat. Amen and amen. My daughter and her family belong to Pastor Haggi’s Cornerstone church in San Antonio Texas. He is often on TV. When I visit her, I attend her church. It also has a great choir, band, friendly out going people, full of enthusiasm and dynamic speakers whom I often agree with. My grandsons love the church and they have a wonderful youth group. They have Bible classes during the week and it has made my daughter and family much better people. Sometimes, I have wished our ward congregations would sing with more heart and soul as I saw there. I think people do worship in different ways and we do it more quietly. When I have read some of lds church history, there was alot more of this kind of demonstrative display in the church, especially after a baptism. I had also been active for two years in the 7th Day Adventist church 15 years ago and I did see the light of Christ there very powerfully. I think this is the key…People who truly accept Jesus in to their lives and want to serve Him, show it by how they live their lives. It is easy to take the sacrament and certain ordiances and talks for granted. We do not have a paid ministry and professionals as some of these churches do, but we are all given opportunities to grow. I think the church is trying to put more emphasis on Christ lately because he is the key to our salvation. Then there are those who are tv just to rake in the money and con people. It’s life. Bridget Great insight, george. Thank you.
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