Onward, Forward, Toward…

At church today and doing the worship, we sang the modern hymn ‘In Christ Alone’. After reading and singing the last verse

No guilt in life, no fear in death—
This is the pow’r of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow’r of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home—
Here in the pow’r of Christ I’ll stand.

It was so liberating to read, sing, and actually feel that truth in light of a ‘pediatric pentecostal’ still within …

I received a link to this article by Julie Neidlinger that talked about a recent visit to a church that she ended up leaving in the middle of the service because she already saw that she could not fit in….
In her article, she discussed every demographic from the trendy hip youth pastor to the starched-collar christian to the pastor turned infomercial salesman (sermon about children turned into pleas for children’s ministry workers) to the corporate business atmosphere of being demographed and flow-charted.
I identify with you
I am the square peg in …

From Diane’s post at Crossroads about looking for a new church.

An excellent article from Diane at Crossroads.