e did last week, and maybe about what we felt about other people. But we never seemed to talk about personal stuff, about what we felt about ourselves to each other, or how we really feHave you ever sat in church and wondered with all your church activities over the years, whether you have really grown in Christ or not? Have you really matured over the years since you became active in your own church? I started to become active in my church in 1958 just after my marriage to my first wife. I basically sat there taking in all the surroundings, and absorbing all that was fed to me along the way and becoming more and more active in church activities. I became a Deacon, an Elder, a Treasurer, and Chairman of many committees along the way. But after about ten years of this, I felt something was missing. I felt that there was something superficial about this congregation. We would talk about the weather, about what we did last week, and maybe about what we felt about other people. But we never seemed to talk about personal stuff, about what we felt about ourselves to each other, or how we really fel became active in your own church? I started to become active in my church in 1958 just after my marriage to my first wife. I basically sat there taking in all the surroundings, and absorbing all that was fed to me along the way and becoming more and more active in church activities. I became a Deacon, an Elder, a Treasurer, and Chairman of many committees along the way. But after about ten years of this, I felt something was missing. I felt that there was something superficial about this congregation. We would talk about the weather, about what we did last week, and maybe about what we felt about other people. But we never seemed to talk about personal stuff, about what we felt about ourselves to each other, or how we really fesorbing all that was fed to me along the way and becoming more and more active in church activities. I became a Deacon, an Elder, a Treasurer, and Chairman of many committees along the way. But after about ten years of this, I felt something was missing. I felt that there was something superficial about this congregation. We would talk about the weather, about what we did last week, and maybe about what we felt about other people. But we never seemed to talk about personal stuff, about what we felt about ourselves to each other, or how we really feway. But after about ten years of this, I felt something was missing. I felt that there was something superficial about this congregation. We would talk about the weather, about what we did last week, and maybe about what we felt about other people. But we never seemed to talk about personal stuff, about what we felt about ourselves to each other, or how we really fee did last week, and maybe about what we felt about other people. But we never seemed to talk about personal stuff, about what we felt about ourselves to each other, or how we really felt about other people and empathetically communicating this directly to them. In other words, we didn't seem to be moving in our growth. So I decided to do something about this.

I wrote a personal confessional in the church newsletter using language that one doesn't normally use in a church. The minister was new and wanted to see the church grow, but was inexperienced as to the possible repercussions of the journey I was about to take. Well, this blew the roof off the church when this publication came out. So many people were quite angry with me. In fact when I was planning to move down to Argentina 10 years later, a community leader who was helping us sell some of our furniture, and who had nothing to do with our church