What is Church?

Many of my blogs are extensions of great thought provoking conversations I have had with my super smart friends..

Hence today's topic.. What is church? Or Better yet What is spirituality?


Now this is coming from a former pastor's wife worship leader and minister in training.. So When I say I've been there and done that and brought a t-shirt I really
mean it..

Now on to the questions at hand..

Now I come from a christian background, which strengthened once I entered my early twenties. And I was always taught being a Christan was the right thing to do and to be.

However, I have always had thoughts/interests of what the inner working of other beliefs were. Simply put how can I preach against something if I didn't know or have first hand knowledge.

Like some people teach that it's wrong to teach Karma (which is largely a Buddhist thought) The Sanskrit word Karma (or kamma in Pali) literally means action. In Buddhism however, karma mainly refers to one's intention or motivation while doing an action.
The shortest explanation of karma that I know is: 'you get what you give'. In other words; whatever you do intentionally to others, a similar thing will happen to yourself in the future.
Our largest obstacle to understanding or even believing in karma may be time. The 're-actions' or results of our actions show up with a time delay, and it becomes extremely hard to tell which action caused which result. Actions done in a previous life can create results in this life, but who can remember their past life? For ordinary humans, the mechanisms of karma can be intellectually understood to some extent, but never completely "seen taken from http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/karma.html

But the bible teaches if you dig a ditch for someone dig one for yourself as well and it says what you reap( put out) you will sow (get back).. So is it wrong to teach karma? I think not..

Im at a point in my life now that I question everything and I'm looking for answers to my questions. And Im going to find out something..

I was told that I needed deliverance from my way of thinking.. And that I needed to "get back to God" now that's is cute for all of the christian novices out there.. But I pose this question what if Im the free one and are the bound one? What if this is were "God" needs and wants me to be?

Any thoughts?? Should you question your faith or should you just believe?



Now to keep this post interesting it will be in parts.. (And I dont want to straining your eyes and then trying to sue me) but I do want to know your thoughts. and please remember this is a place to free your thoughts and express your self.


Until my next post..

Smooches.. and that is for the Children..