tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post1633045934971194520..comments2024-03-12T19:34:23.734-04:00Comments on Everyday with dan...: Late for "church"danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088260285661911833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-64346047992530894232008-12-15T11:55:00.000-05:002008-12-15T11:55:00.000-05:00i thought my wife was the only one that went to ch...i thought my wife was the only one that went to church in scrubs and had to leave early to go heal the sick.<BR/><BR/>good postBrother Frankiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17081661623967845655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-47928282784591319132008-12-12T07:41:00.000-05:002008-12-12T07:41:00.000-05:00Amen again. And how coincidental - I was just pray...Amen again. And how coincidental - I was just praying the sinner's prayer ten minutes before I read this. I pray it a lot. I need to pray it more.<BR/><BR/>I am almost painfully on time for things, and have a hard time unclenching about being late to anything. There's a joke among my friends that if you invite us over for dinner at seven, as the second hand sweeps up the dial toward 6:59:58 the doorbell will ring and, "There's Jim!" :o)<BR/><BR/>That said, even in our 5:00 pm "contemporary" service I sometimes feel like our family is exactly what you're talking about. Les and I arrive separately because she works on Sundays and shows up in her nursing scrubs, even as she sings with the worship band. The kids often come in separately from us, late and muddy from spending the weekend with their father and playing before showing up. I am sure some disapprove. Whatever.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I get overwhelmed with feelings and don't even go at all. "Church" is an emotionally loaded thing for me, as you know, and sometimes it is the LAST thing I want to do. And then I force myself and usually (usually) am happy afterward that I did.<BR/><BR/>Good post, Dan.Jim Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634460171128306060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-52777737120735194812008-12-11T12:48:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:48:00.000-05:00Amen. It seems to me that our "services" often ta...Amen. It seems to me that our "services" often take on a strange culture that actually works against welcome and community. So many years of doing "church" are hard to undo. Keep trying. I'll keep trying to.Fran Leemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16723234397227062164noreply@blogger.com