Confession: I don’t really like going to church on Easter. I would much prefer to drive up a mountain with my family and set out a big picnic blanket in a field of spring flowers. We would eat turkey-avocado wraps and blueberries and homemade, chewy oatmeal cookies. We would breath in the fragrant air and […]
Church
Church. Such a loaded word. What do you think of when you hear it? Happy people…or Hateful people. Hymnals…or hand-clapping. Silence. Sermons. Songs. Steeples. Prayers. Penance. Passion. A place to find peace…or a place to be proper. A place of hope…or a place of hurt. It’s easy to get disenchanted by the “church,” by organized […]
