"WE"? You mean... there's two of you?? ;-)

Recently I've been wrestling with actually --gasp-- practicing what I just preached. I've been in a large "seeker friendly" church for 2 reasons: the music and the social atmosphere. Yep. I play trumpet in the band and thoroughly enjoy it, and the kids love the high-energy pace of the youth programs. I will say that they still do preach the gospel, and there's a very good spirit there. The music is upbeat but still contains enough "meat" to keep me around. Still, I have this growing suspicion that the day will come when I must take my family out of there. Working at home, the social benefits aren't something to be lightly discarded. We also pledged a few years ago to make payments toward the new youth facility, and I'd feel bad about dropping out on a commitment I made.

It isn't necessarily "sinful" to belong to such a church, but it does so grate against what I know the church should be about. As of yet I have no clear direction from the Lord to leave, so I'll wait for some indication as to the right time. But I'm fairly certain it will eventually happen. "Going to church" is so deeply ingrained in even the most open-minded members there that it may cause some hard feelings if I left, but at the same time it would also make a bold statement.

I'm sure glad God has to figure some of these things out, and not me :-)