tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097257019057715369.post5310452106588936603..comments2021-06-18T15:12:37.361-07:00Comments on Suirly Goodness: Back To ChurchKCVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01583848963163963209noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097257019057715369.post-24966559624896640902017-05-24T03:44:20.192-07:002017-05-24T03:44:20.192-07:00Larry, Glad you've found a place to worship as...Larry, Glad you've found a place to worship as well as contributing your talents. And they are blessed to have you. I miss Meet The Press (as well as The Bachelorette, but that's another story).KCVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583848963163963209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097257019057715369.post-86682330225515959322017-05-23T18:38:56.541-07:002017-05-23T18:38:56.541-07:00"Music doesn’t require all the answers. Just ..."Music doesn’t require all the answers. Just faith." How beautifully phrased is this, Kim. I'm Catholic (saints begorrah!) but have removed myself from the church's mumbo-jumbo, "mysterian," incense-swinging rituals and unrealistically ill-tempered inability to mesh with the real world. Lately, I've been greatly enjoying playing music at the Trinity UCC services on 49th Street in St. Pete...enough, that I'm willing to give up watching my conflicting CBS "Sunday Morning" program then...hah! (No DVR.) The services there offer heartfelt testimony to the enumerated needs & hopes of the congregants. To attend such a service in the Emerald Isle would be....well, heaven. Larry Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097257019057715369.post-34070573919804111912017-05-23T17:23:18.787-07:002017-05-23T17:23:18.787-07:00Thanks, Kim. I'll check the book. I haven'...Thanks, Kim. I'll check the book. I haven't figured out yet how to access podcasts. Guess I'm showing my age.Jill Svobodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718938674854266804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097257019057715369.post-77086313183054809822017-05-23T16:05:04.199-07:002017-05-23T16:05:04.199-07:00Jill, I think a lot of people are experiencing the...Jill, I think a lot of people are experiencing the same thing. Still maintaining a relationship with God, but not feeling an affinity with "church" anymore. I know some good progressive churches are popping up in response to this though. I listen to podcasts by Greg Boyd at Woodland Hills church in Minnesota every week. He has written a number of books and has a lot to say that makes sense to me. Brian McLaren is another theologian who has some lectures on youtube I believe. His book, The Secret Message of Jesus, is one of my favs. It addresses the issue of today's church. KCVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01583848963163963209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2097257019057715369.post-65724125247214201462017-05-23T15:50:11.614-07:002017-05-23T15:50:11.614-07:00I know what you mean about missing church. I was r...I know what you mean about missing church. I was raised a Congregationalist (very mainstream), and Al and I went to a splendid Congregational church in Evanston, Il, just north of Chicago. For us it was participation in the choir that touched our souls. It helped that Northwestern U. in Evanston has an outstanding music school, so we had many talented singers and musicians participating, plus an incredibly pipe organ with a stellar music director to play it and lead the choir. We have not been able to find a church here that fits, at least not within a 30 or 40 minute drive. Glad you found such a wonderfully spiritual church in Ireland without having to become Catholic--something Al and I have considered but found too mysterious for us to comprehend. Jill Svobodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09718938674854266804noreply@blogger.com