Word on Fire
...for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit 1 Thessalonians 1:5 In the middle of the angst, divisions, and failures of the Catholic Church this decade, I've looked for a spiritual home. My parish, as luck would have it, is lovely; bible study there keeps me going. But it is shrinking. Between the flight of believers, aging out and changing demographics, it teeters toward disappearing. In my heart of hearts, I have my doubts about the old structure of parish/diocese/archdiocese/conference... It doesn't seem to be working. I have total faith that we as a community of faith can march on no matter what, but the structure? It may be time to let it fall. I considered one of the traditional religious orders, some, including the one that raised me, take affiliate members. I've looked at various lay movements without finding much satisfaction. I spent some time perusing Formed and some of the on