2.22.2007
I've found a church home. The Church of the Good Shepherd on Marshall and Fairview in St. Paul feels comfortable. Its traditional in all the right ways and progressive where it needs to be.
I attended Ash Wednesday service and the picture on the bulletin was a cloudy, new-age, painting of a naked woman. The sanctuary was large, but felt intimate. The pastor talked realistically about lent - not too "feel good", not too "guilt inducing". He invited us not to give something up, not to start a new self-improvement project, but to live out God's Love. Now to try and do that.
I attended Ash Wednesday service and the picture on the bulletin was a cloudy, new-age, painting of a naked woman. The sanctuary was large, but felt intimate. The pastor talked realistically about lent - not too "feel good", not too "guilt inducing". He invited us not to give something up, not to start a new self-improvement project, but to live out God's Love. Now to try and do that.