Idle musings on "church"

Earlier in the week, my God in the ordinary post was inspired by a blog post over at Idle musings of a bookseller. Another post there on Tuesday has also kept the attention of my thoughts this week. Simply entitled "Good Stuff," this post has some thoughts about "church," among other things that he quotes from other blogs.

The part that caught my attention:

Tell me something... what if we've got it all wrong? The church thing I mean...

What if church is not supposed to be about "worship"? What then?

What if music is supposed to play a minor role and not a major one (excuse the pun).

What if God doesn't care for self-focussed, romantic lyrics sung to boomer, 1980s, soft pop music...

What if church is supposed to be less about music, monologue, lecture-style teaching in theatre style auditoriums and more about living life with people who share the same questions, struggles, joys and challenges that I do?...

By the way, I have been using the word "church" in quotes lately, not as a means of bashing "church," but as a means of emphasizing that I am questioning the modern, commonly held meanings of what "church" really is. That's all. :)

Tradition

I got a kick out of this pic I found over at on coffee.