March 25, 2011

bit of a blurt

sorry for a long delay.  had a few strange instances in life right now that have taken some precedence, but back to some blogging for catharsis

caution - this one's a little more serious
so a few weeks ago i had a bit of a blurt.  if you've followed this much, you've seen we're still in the church shopping mode still - although we've been here 7 months now.  hard to think we still having difficulty getting the right fit.  we'll we were trying a community church for the 3rd sunday in a row.  its a little more charasmatic than we're used to growing up.  usually powerful worship and reasonable speaking.  i'm very open that i'm a little over critical about churches but i feel like i need to be if this is going to be a major influence stream on my family and I. 

even the beginning was a little rocky as we dropped our 2yr old off.  14 kids - one 18 yr old teacher - oh and she had a 12 yr old helping her.  i kinda had vision of a lord of the flies scene on our return which was pretty close.

things started with kinda some of the usual - the early "shake your neighbor's hand and meet somebody" that usually equals a good morning and a quick turn away.  its quick. you don't know if they have coffee breath - thankfully they didn't smell yours.  not for the timid and shy in the crowd - but a nice segway for a play on interaction amongst parishoners.  worship was long and a little forced for meaning.  and then during the sermon it happened.  the "founding pastor" of the church spoke and said something that was not in alignment with scripture - and both my wife and i completely out of character blurted out "that's not true"
whoa moment.  i'm not super confrontational - and my wife is definately not - the Spirit was leading.  God spoke - even through us - lost sheep in a endless church hunt.  it was evident our trial here was finished.
have you had one of those moments?  when God spurts out of your mouth before you even thought about it.  when he bellows from tainted depths?  makes me a little nervous to walk into a church i don't know a bit about beforehand.  the hunt continues - but we're for real narrowed to 2. 

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