Below is an excerpt from my post today on Communitas Collective:
My personal journey began in the instutional church. I showed a seriousness about my faith at an early age, as well as a gift for music, which garnered me a lot of attention. By my early teens, I had felt called to ministry, and stayed on that trajectory through most of my adult life. The institutional church, and church leadership in particular, was my comfort zone.
Over time, I developed a systematic approach to my faith, a paradigm of what God was like, how faith worked, and so on. I didn’t realize at the time that this was a form of religion; I thought I was about as non-religious a Christian as you could be. But it was religion because it was faith on my terms–a way to control my destiny. I didn’t see it that way at the time, but my theology taught me this was the way to do it…
Wayward Son
Musician. Composer. Recovering perfectionist. Minister-in-transition. Lover of puns. Hijacker of rock song references. Questioner of the status quo.
I'm not really a rebel. Just a sincere Christ-follower with a thirst for significance that gets me into trouble. My quest has taken me over the fence of institutional Christianity. Here are some of my random thoughts along the way. Read along, join in the conversation. Just be nice.
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"it was religion because it was faith on my terms–a way to control my destiny"
Well said Jeff! Took me a lot longer than you to see religion that way – kudos!