might i say that to come home after a grand performance of “sweeny todd” and find more thoughts on matters of the spirit, is to me, a most blessed form of church.

to “puff away” i must say, i feel as though i ought to go and look up entire phrases of your comment :o) and yet i also think i follow you.

here is my dilemma: let us say, then, that the problem with our community of faith, is not god or christ or scripture, but the errant theology and tradition of 2 thousand years of protestant and catholic church. if this is so, is there not some fear that we are merely a passing fancy? certainly other movements have come and gone in this time? dont get me wrong - I WANT SOMETHING NEW - but i am also endowed with at least a smidge of wisdom that says - “hey a lot of people for a lot of centuries have concurred on this stuff.” or is that what this site, and you fellas with more books beneath your belt than i, is for? to say “hey wait a minute we have so construed this stuff over the last 50-100 years that everyone is completely misunderstanding the hundreds if not thousands of years of teaching.

this little playwright is in way over her head. so just use me as your “jane on the street” to test your communication skills :o)