House Church
My idea of what church is has changed significantly over the years. I’ve gone from an anti-institutional view (’Institutional church is bad man!’) to a “cooperative” view (’OK, there are people in the church that are well meaning and sincere and I can’t exactly dismiss them.’) to a … “separatist” view. Not a wack-o cult-like separatist mind you. Really I’d be somewhere between cooperative and separatist. Each week I try to get excited about “going to church,” but I just can’t. It’s become yet another thing to work into our schedules and lives. We’ve been involved in small groups/house churches in the past, but always with another couple or two. That’s where my passion is.
It’s in intimate settings that we get to know each other. There are good people that I look forward to seeing on Sundays, but they’re busy getting their kids where they need to go. This year I will focus more on being than going.
