I'm listening to Keith Green right now. I will be very honest. Although I find a lot of peace in my spiritual life, especially when I'm at a low point, I just don't have a lot of belief in organized church. I don't really even go, and I'm happier than ever. I remember a slow shift years back (early '90s) when people in Birmingham would ask if I was a Baptist and my answer was, "No, I'm a Christian." I'd do that just to throw them for a loop a bit to point out the divisions among Christians. Later - and this is long before I started this current journey overseas - people would just ask if I was a Christian, and I'd say, "No, I'm a believer." I did it for the shock value more than anything. In scripture, Christ condemned church-going people more than others. I just think that organized religion and church is a game. I don't want to play games anymore.
- from an e-mail I sent my brother in 2003
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