Church Tourist

Today was a bright sunny day! I haven’t had one of those since I arrived. There have been moments of sun (I think the technical term here in Seattle is “sun breaks”), but not a whole entire day of unadulterated sunshine. It was brilliant. Of course, I did not let the sunshine hinder me from my traditional Sunday afternoon nap. I mean I do have priorities.

Before my magnificent nap, I continued my search for a new church home. This process has to be the most annoying aspect of moving. I’ve decided to visit many churches before deciding or settling into a church home. As someone put it, I’m totally being a "church tourist”. Being grounding at my church in Charlotte gave me a wonderful sense of community that I wasn't willing to part with in order to find out what was going on in the rest of the religious community. Thus I made the decision to take a few weeks and explore here in Seattle. While Seattle is known as the “least churched city in the U.S.”, there are still a plethora of choices. However, not all of them are so great. A web search and a little deeper digging reveals doctrinal errors or “flakiness” galore. Was it not such a serious matter, I might find some of the statements hysterical. I’m quite sure this problem is not unique to Seattle, but being grounded in a great church home for the past 5 years has helped me avoid this harsh reality. I could rant and rave for hours about all the doctrinal and biblical inaccuracies, but for now I’m off to bed. My Sunday naps are just never long enough.