Lutheran or not Lutheran, that is the question

So I have come to the conclusion that spiritual growth is impossible whilst I remain in a church where the average age is...dead. I was sick and tired of always getting the 'second skimmings' (so to speak) of the Lutheran realm. We barely ever have a pastor--he always goes to the 'other' church--and I'm the only one who can see, hear, speak and walk. Therefore, I get voluntold to do just about everything. See, I wouldn't mind that so much...if the pastor could remember my name and stop criticizing my family.

There's just a lack of organization and vigour. It was to the point where I couldn't take it anymore. I'm not the pastor of the church, so I refuse to take the responsibility for EVERYTHING when I've only been there for a week. I can't say that I've ever stepped into a church and found so many things...wrong with it.

So rather than continually whining and complaining and frowning and crying and screaming and pulling a little hairy hissy fit...I opened the yellow pages and went scouting for a new church. That's right. I went shopping.

I found myself completely excluding every name that had either LC-C or ELCIC after it. As it turns out, I found exactly what I was looking for: Redwood Alliance church. From the inside it looks so much like Bethel. There's even tables at the back that you can sit at during the service...and power point...and lots of volunteer oppurtunities that are bound to be much more organized and SAFE than something a Lutheran church in Thunder Bay could come up with...no offense (but when you start telling people that come off the street to not shoot up in the bathroom before you even get to know who they are...you're not displaying christian affection...mere judgemental human nature). So I'm through.

Maybe it's the saddest thing ever, maybe it's not. Being Lutheran is just falling under another denomination. I'm sick of caring so much about denominations. I just want some fellowship. That wasn't possible in a church where all they do is speak and never listen. A woman fell ill--and I mean ILL--and the pastor wouldn't even skip a beat.

It's typical for a virgo to be so critical. Forgive me. It's been a looooooooong week.

Back to my nursing 1450 work. The 'Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship'. Ohhhhh...my.

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