Houses of Worship and Human/Godly Progression

    I have missed many church Sundays in a row. Five? Going back into May. I was paying my dues to my country, my profession, and attending a different kind of mass, or sacrament. Not religious, but more secular. I led one session of a non-denominational Bible class one Sunday. Maybe three ago? Attended by three of us. Better than nothing.

    However, this is not my  community, and this is not the goal. The goal, or objective of orgnized religion-- any of them-- is to improve the soul and souls of all of us, bringing us closer to God and one another, His creations. Buddha, Allah, Krishna and Vishnu, or Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We need them, or they need us to be together in communities to be more effective.

    I need my fellow church goers to be a more complete believer and practioner.

    I need them, they need me, and God needs me to be individually whole and collectively participatory.

    Organized religion does work, especially when it is not exploitative. It can be twisted and used for malign purposes.

    God is supreme; He is in charge,  but allows us to make gross errors and mistakes. He needs us to organize ourselves and be active in doing good for more, more of His creations.

    I need to go to church this Sunday. Get right with my God, and His Son, and my fellow saints.

    Sin miedo ni temor.

    The longest church-less streak since perhaps my sick month of July into August of 1990 in Chile.

    Even at Fort Polk in 2019 I attended a Protestant and Catholic service, and I was maybe only down there 26 days... Less Sundays than this time.

    I need my Sunday worship service to plug in to what God has for all of us, starting with me.

    We must understand better how these consecrated places of worship are for our good.