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selah
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Posted 4/15/2003 2:17 AM (GMT -6)

Nope, never been there. Very Baroque indeed! I felt a compulsion to dress up just to look at the pictures!! :) :)

Thanks PoW,

love
selah

Then He showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Rev. 22:1

Edited by - Selah on 04/15/2003 09:39:19 AM

Empiress
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Posted 4/15/2003 3:53 AM (GMT -6)

Selah,

Yes, please do keep us updated on what you decide!

I also wanted to say by way of more general advice in terms of considering changing churches (I've been a southern Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, non-denominational, charismatic, and am now finally being ordained in the Episcopal Church!), I've learned:

1. There is no perfect church

2. There will always be things you disagree with...the question is can you live with those things

3. If you love a church, God can use you to renew it from within, but it is very hard to make changes from the outside

4. Choose a church in a similar way to a marriage partner...ask the same tough questions

5. Pray, pray, pray.

Peace,
~E

selah
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Posted 4/15/2003 4:49 AM (GMT -6)

Empiress,

Thanks again for your insightful comments. I take them to heart.
There was a problem with this piece of advice though, I had to laugh out loud...

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"Choose a church in a similar way to a marriage partner...ask the same tough questions."

Those that know me are laughing too!
I better find another analogy or I'll be church-less forever!

peace and love,
selah

Then He showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Rev. 22:1

PotOnWheel
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Posted 4/15/2003 6:46 AM (GMT -6)

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"Choose a church in a similar way to a marriage partner...ask the same tough questions."
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Sacramentally, choosing a marriage partner IS choosing a church.

Shine
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Posted 4/16/2003 7:55 AM (GMT -6)

Selah,

And as for me, I am a member at a Catholic Church and a Protestant church, and the reason why I can conclude for doing so is that I have an ecumenical heart. I put the relationships over the differences so that I can see that we are all created uniquely and we all have the gift to pursue what God put into our hearts. And as I always say to my husband: “We are on the same side even when we disagree.” Live your life in love and it will bring about changes. And as for the Eucharist, if this transubstantiation takes about change in your heart to draw closer to Christ, I would say AMEN!

Love,

Shine

Shine
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Posted 4/16/2003 7:56 AM (GMT -6)

PotOnWheel
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Posted 4/16/2003 1:38 PM (GMT -6)

James White (the author and architect) attends both "his" Methodoxt Church AND his wife's Catholic Church. At one he gets to eat "real bread", and at the other "real wine."

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