Over the course of several days I had dreams of a church… I was the “Senior Pastor” but not always the “Preacher”… then I was talking to a family, explaining to them that we did not have Sunday School for their children… that “we” believed the role of teaching the children the Bible was that of the parents… they made the statement “so there is no place in your church for our children”? In that dream I woke up at that moment thinking… a church for adults only? I spent the waking hours of the day asking God what was meant by my dreams…

Then as I was on my way home from work, I heard a radio talk show host stating that those who sexually abused children should be put to death, no questions asked… I became angry because my “Christian teachings” told me that there is redemption for everyone… even the “worst”…
The radio host went on to launch a program to go to half-way houses and protest “these people” being in local communities…

I then asked myself… where do “these people” go to church if they can not be where children gather?

At that moment the dreams and the radio host collided like two trains!

My thoughts followed… I don’t know where to begin… I have no formal education just plenty of life experiences…

A day later I heard Joel Osteen on Larry King Live, which I NEVER watch… and as Joel and Larry spoke… it was like tunnel-vision only in this case it was tunnel-hearing… I heard that Joel did not finish his college degree……. that his father was a former Southern Baptist….. it was weird to say the least… I have struggled for some time, not with what Southern Baptist believe, but how they conduct church….

Now I am stuck… by fear I am sure… and as I was suffering the net… I read your post…. it’s back on my knees now… seeking God and the meaning of all of these events!