I am baptized, and I am part of the body of Christ, he resides in my heart and soul, he is my Master, but he made me no puppet. He gave me life and this body and this blood and these cells, and this brain. With baptism, I became his own, with confirmation I became an organic sanctuary, I am but a living and breathing part of his church, no temple or cathedral needed. If all the buildings fall the ground, there is still church. Jesus rebuked Peter's idea of building 3 tabernacles for him at the transfiguration. At the start, people hid in houses to gather and proclaim Christ, they knew they were part of the body of Christ. When I see a building costing millions to worship HIM, I turn away and find a good place in nature to kneel and pray and talk to him. I am no pagan, but God is easier to access for me when I am in the midst of his Creation, along with the birds and the butterflies and even the lowly worm.
I am baptized, and I am part of the body of Christ, he resides in my heart and soul, he is my Master, but he made me no puppet. He gave me life and this body and this blood and these cells, and this brain. With baptism, I became his own, with confirmation I became an organic sanctuary, I am but a living and breathing part of his church, no temple or cathedral needed. If all the buildings fall the ground, there is still church. Jesus rebuked Peter's idea of building 3 tabernacles for him at the transfiguration. At the start, people hid in houses to gather and proclaim Christ, they knew they were part of the body of Christ. When I see a building costing millions to worship HIM, I turn away and find a good place in nature to kneel and pray and talk to him. I am no pagan, but God is easier to access for me when I am in the midst of his Creation, along with the birds and the butterflies and even the lowly worm.