Wow! I have never been as challenged
about my concept of church as I was on Sunday. Typical me, I wasn't
on children's church duty, so I dawdled through the morning to go to
second service because we had a children's church lunch on after
that. No sooner had I left home (not even out the complex driveway)
when I was hit by a major sinus attack. My eyes swelled with water
and burned as the almost toxic late winter dust and fire smog filled
air got in my eyes and sent my dust allergies flaring.
Needless to say I arrived at church
very late. I didn't want to embarrass myself by walking into the
auditorium late so I went into one of the other venues where they
have some lounge chairs out and they had the service playing on TV
screens right in that spot. As I sat there it struck me as to how we
limit God and our perception and reality of what the church really
is.
In terms of buildings I've experienced
so many, from Holy cathedrals, to massive auditoriums, to small
intimate chapels....but... the truest church of all has been found in
the warmest loving hug of great spiritual friend who has stood by me
through thick and thin.
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