Ok, I guess we're really going to do this.

Hello friends. Not wanting to be left out of the blog frenzy out there, I have decided to jump in and add just one more to the mix. Inspired by a combination of church life and movies, we have decided to embark on a yearlong adventure of visiting churches “Julie and Julia” style. Instead of cooking our way through a cookbook in one year, we are going to work our way through 52 churches in one year. Yes, it sounds crazy. I felt inspired by the idea at first and then as I shared it with people, fear and self-doubt took over. I am not a talented writer and I do not consider myself by any means spiritually mature or insightful, so why in the world would I want to do this? We have been taking a very long break from the church we have known and loved for many years for reasons that don’t really belong here. We’ve visited several churches and loved them all for different reasons. Yet, we still didn’t feel like they were where God wanted us to call home. Getting up every Sunday morning and flipping a coin about where to go to church just didn’t seem right. This journey is not about finding a new church home and it is not about analyzing and critiquing the churches we visit. It is simply about exploring the different perspectives out there and discovering what really matters to us in a permanent church home. Hopefully, at the end of this year, we will be ready to settle down somewhere. Being rooted and actively working in a church is important to us. During the year, we will be looking for different kinds of opportunities to work and serve. We also have a fabulous group of friends, who we’ll lean on for those times when close, personal Christian relationships are needed. I am going to try to write something each week as we visit the various churches. I believe God has something to show us at each place and that we can come along side any group of believers and worship, which is, for me, what I think Sunday morning is all about. I welcome your comments, your suggestions about churches to visit or anything else you want to share.