Some Random Thoughts Looking Ahead

We start our new series Sacred Rituals on Sunday. (Trailer here and we didn’t get 20 comments, so Rick is off the hook.)

I hope we’re able to do more than just educate about the rituals but also experience them.

I hope people reach a new level of awe and wonder with God as a result of these ‘rituals.’

I hope we (the church) never lose sight of why we do what we do. Even if it means we shake things up to help us remember.

I hope our services continue to be places of encounter and experience of the Holy, not just a ‘good show.’ The rituals help in this journey.

The ‘sacred rituals’ are sacred because of their object, not because of who can perform them. They are for ALL followers of Jesus.

Everything starts with communion. Real communion with Jesus. Worship, baptism, generosity, community — all begin with communion, not the ‘act’ of the cup and the bread but what the cup and the bread represent. That we are part of Christ…because of His act, His movement, not ours.