I'll be interested to see how it looks when you live blog something. Any upcoming plans?

Your challenge question is really intriguing--best wishes to you and the group. I wish I could drop in.

Belonging to a church is hard. At some point the psuedo-community breaks down, and you have to figure out what it means to be faithful to something larger than yourself.

Church isn't comfortable. God isn't either. That's a hard thing to wrestle with, though.

Yup, yup. This is what we're trying to help people think about at TheHighCalling.org, too.

I hate to blame the victim, but I think churches feel like a chore to people because they ARE a chore. Too often, they don't feed their community at all. They just feed themselves. When I mow the lawn, I'm doing so because my lawn demands it. I am a slave the growing grass and the neighborhood expectations.

Too often, we go to church because we are slaves to church. We go to keep the institution alive, whether there is life in it or not.

We've got to get back to serving the community. Love God. Love others.

Question: when does "total transparency" turn into inappropriate and exhibitionist confession? Surely, we can reserve some piece of ourselves from the public eye.

Thanks Gordon, I was pretty excited.

You bet, Deborah. I just finished the latest issue last week. Great stuff as always.

Well, Papa, the church is called to be the body of Christ. If we're not Real messengers, who will be? If we don't have a Real message, who does?

JOV, thank you for your good words.

He is an incredible person and a great fit for Laity Lodge in particular.