Authenticity

Religion that doesn’t resonate with our experiences will never fill us– it’s why there is such a diversity of worship experiences, religions, and spiritual practices.  I love that the UCC tries to reflect some of these diversities and its churches can stand together in community while offering different things that will feed different people.  Beyond that, a church that tries to act like it is still the 1500s is probably not doing its best to address the concerns of the people.  Certainly God “wants” us to be our authentic selves and to live fully into the world with our gifts and strengths.  Hopefully our churches can foster stories and language with universal value that can encourage people to be the best, most true versions of themselves.