Wednesday, December 10, 2008
the holidays
are upon us. in every way possible. its so unreal. and every year we say "man, i can't believe it is ALREADY christmas." to me...its just a signifier of how quickly time has been flying. ever since i graduated in may i feel kinda fast-forward-y. i know i have expressed this numerous times, in a billion different ways. :). i can not tell any of you how thankful i am for the new friends i am making every day and for the friendships i have maintained. all my blogs sound dangerously similar lately... i don't know if thats because i am in a rut or because i am just settled.
my faith has been rocked a bit lately. not my faith in Christ, but my faith in Christians. i feel an overwhelming detachment to the Christian church and how they have bastardized the gospel to their own fancies. There are NUMEROUS issues that continue to come up that make me ashamed to align myself with the majority of the religious right. Being a Christ follower, it has been hard for me to find a group of Christians that lack the pious, overbearing nature that is prevalent in today's mainstream evangelical churches. I feel strongly that I have now found that group. Now...all that is NOT AT ALL to say that my past church groups have not given me exactly what I needed in the moment that I needed it, spiritually speaking...so i better not get any hate comments from this :) . I just feel very strongly that God has hand plucked me and thrown me full force into Northwood church as the place that I belong. I desperately challenge anyone who is a Christ follower that reads this to never stop learning, never stop questioning, and never stop sharing. Also, don't allow yourself to fall into complacency that is SO easy for us, as Christians, to do.
Posted by Nurse Paige
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