In worship this summer we’ve spent our time revisiting some of the basics of faith and practice in our life as a church. Each week we’ve included a ritual of some sort in worship, intended to help us respond to the topic under discussion in a tangible, experiential kind of way. We’ve shared communion, read favorite Bible verses and even touched the water to remember our baptisms.
This week as we prepared to talk in worship about what it means to be a Baptist kind of Christian, however, nobody in the church office could immediately think of an appropriate ritual of response. Snake handling? Potluck? Excessive application of hairspray by the men or blue-frosted eye shadow by the women?
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