Confused by Christianity.

It seems there are as many varieties of Christianity as there are colours, nationalities and anything else that you can imagine. Mega-church, congregational church, house church, simple church, organic church, evangelical church, post-modern church, denominational, ecclesiastical, baptism encouraged, wine drinking opposed, Sunday morning, Saturday night, Friday night, small group, cell group, cafe church, accountability church, attractional church and so the list goes on!

For someone new to the faith, this mountain of options, theologies, experiences, expectations and doctrinal differences can seem immensely overwhelming and confusing. For someone who has walked with Jesus for almost ten years and been through some of the gamut of churches, it is still somewhat confusing to me, especially when there seems to be so much in-fighting amongst who is right and who is wrong.

For a movement that started out as a group of misfits who followed this guy named Jesus and tried their hardest to serve their neighbours and their God, it seems we have come such a long way and in many circumstances, over-complicated the whole affair.

Love your neighbour, love your God.

I imagine in any religious tradition, if these two very basic principles are maintained, followed and taken seriously, things might possibly look greatly different than what they do at present.

magic

So, in the course of my studies in counselling and psychology, I discovered that when one becomes an adult, the magic that was once so important and prevalent as a child must go. It is written in the DSM of psychiatric disorders that if you have a belief in things of magical substance, then you are lumped into a grouping of psychological disorders. How sad is it that the world of a child must fade away as to leave what is essentially (in the eyes of those who make up these rules) normal.

Hmmmm.

I have not posted in some time. I have deleted facebook in search of what is beyond. In search of what is real. I do not believe anyone reads these posts, and if some do, then I am not concerned.

I am not after fame or celebrity. I am not supposing to be a journalist or even have thoughts that are worth reading. I do however enjoy writing and this seems to be a place where that can be done, and yes, published to some degree.

For now though, that will be all. I might return, I might not. We shall see.