Jun 11 | CPE Journal #10: June 10th

I just realized that almost all of the most important events of my life happened in a church. I was baptized, re-discovered God, was confirmed, graduated from EfM, got married – and will likely graduate from seminary (and may be ordained) – in churches. And holy hell – out of those 7 things, 6 have/will happen in the same church!

Location means a lot, and of course I’m being selective about which things I’ve labelled as “important.” My first kiss, first day of school, first time meeting certain friends, and of course my birth are also all very important. Now I wouldn’t want to diminish them by saying this, but those things in my mind are all a bit more…inevitable? They are far more universal as milestones. The seven things above, though, are less certain, and therefore, I think, more precious.

I think this is part of why physical church buildings are so important to me. Trust me, though, when I say that all of them are ultimately dust when you have come to see the sacred heart of God in a hospital room.

-Clarity