Our family hasn't been able to attend worship since before Thanksgiving, although we did get to witness the Nativity Pageant at my home church in Ohio on Christmas Eve. So this morning feels special as a chance to worship with our regular church family at Crossroads. Our church is going through some big transitions, in the middle of the search for a new senior pastor, and just beginning the search for an interim associate pastor as one of our associates left at the end of 2008. Some members left after our senior pastor left and some will probably leave now that one of the associates is gone. But that's okay. I want to go to church in the spirit of the following quote, focusing on inner transformation that will lead to outward transformation.
"Strive as well as you can to enter deeply with the heart into the church reading and singing and to imprint these on the tablets of the heart." Abbot Nazarius
This coming year of 2009, I want to become more active in our local church, finding some new ways of service. It's an exciting time for Sarah's faith too. She's been asking me what 'grace' is, we've discussed commandments, and other interesting topics. Her growth makes me grow as well.
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