-+-+ Maybe the church is where people are gathered to be told about God: I'm processing the story a man by to share with me last week. Because I was out he came back to the building where our church meets on Monday. He wants to tell people about God. Listening took effort and scripture to challenge his assertions and direct him Christ's cross and rising as the center of Christian hope. He's convinced scripture's true; but he's equally convinced that he had an experience of God that's unique. After 90 minutes I asked him if he'd ever heard of Christian mystics.-+-+ Maybe the church is where we experience community. There's a one of a kind competition taking place on Tuesdays from 5-7 in church basements in Southern Minnesota. "The Holy Hotdish" Cook-off is a friendly, but still competitive, challenge between churches. Hotdishes are known as casseroles in other places; but in Minnesota and the Dakota's a dish that includes protein, vegetables, a starch, and commonly a canned soup is called, "Hotdish." I still think we had the best one; but I am a little prejudice after cutting 400 pieces of cake last week.
-+-+ Maybe with Pentecost coming this Sunday it's good to know that the church is whatever God wants it to be through the calling of the Holy Spirit. The people of Babel wanted to approach heaven so they built a huge tower to reach into heave as they chose. A friend says that the people of Babel built a Ziggurat to entice God to come down them. God doesn't dwell in a building, Paul says we are temples for the Spirit (1st Corinthians 6:19). Funny thing is that we miss God's presence because we confuse buildings where churches meet with the mystical body of Christ. Paul has a dual challenge when he invites us to discern Christ's body and blood. It's present both in the in the Word and the Sacraments and in the people who gather with us to meet him there. (1st Corinthians 11:29)
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