Church

This morning, I had coffee with my friend Jon, at our friend Chelsea’s cafe in town. And from our conversation, I realized this: I am in need of a church, of sorts. I’m fairly uninterested in what I would consider to be religious belief, and only marginally more so in taking part in an organization of people who are foremost likeminded in this particular category, to the extent that most organized spiritual groups seem to want to be. That said, I enjoy being around people who have put considerable thought and exploration into their beliefs, whichever ones they’ve chosen, and I like discussing such things to some degree.

What I’m looking for is a group of people who value their time in life similarly, and a sort of planned place and time that all of us could come together and spend a little time encouraging one another in our various pursuits. I’m not looking to change the world through organization, very much the opposite. But I’ve been feeling lately that what I am doing is, frankly, unimportant, and I’d like someone to tell me that it matters. I’d like some inspiration or some idea of a way that I could contribute positively to the greater society, helping to make people aware of the things that I think I am possibly more aware of than the average person. Ideas?

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