church, part two

So, I've been back to Grace Midtown the past two Sundays. A friend/co-worker has gone with me each of the past two weeks, and we were talking this past Sunday about Grace and what makes it so appealing. The church is small, and their agenda is quite obvious: love God and love other people. Imagine that, huh?

There's something about being at Grace that is unnerving, though. Maybe it's the authenticity of the people there, or maybe it's the simplicity with which they approach the whole idea of church. I don't know, to be quite honest. But at the same time, there is something so comforting about being there. Uncomfortably appealing, those were the words I used on Sunday to describe it.

Maybe it's unnerving because I've never had a "church" experience like that before. Maybe it's unnerving or a little bit uncomfortable because it's a big step outside of the box given the churches I was "raised in."

But at the same time, I think that's what makes it so appealing.

love that will not let me go

oh joy that seekest me through pain,

I cannot close my heart to thee;

I trace the rainbow through the rain,

and know the promise is not vain;

that morn shall tearless be.