It is Sunday and I remember Holy Rollers

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So for today:

Sunday, we go to church most Sunday’s. Years ago we searched the Yellow pages.  We are members of the Church of God, so we try to find our denomination, if not we have attended several other denominations and have always found a welcome by God’s people.

God’s people? Growing up, God's people was MY CHURCH and we were  referred to as Holiness or Holy Rollers.  Funny how that term has moved from the narrow group I knew as a youngster to a much broader concept. Being in the Military I met many dedicated people who loved God; I met at least one 'Christian' who was very nasty.

I met him aboard the USS Independence. He read his Bible nightly, he looked down on his shipmates. He made no secret he was better than the rest of us.  Once while the Mail Petty Officer for our division I picked up the division mail. While handing the mail out I noticed a newspaper “The Sword of the Lord” a Baptist product, addressed to Jones. I handed him his mail and said, “Hey Jones, that is a good paper, my dad subscribed to that!” His retort:

“Didn’t do YOU much good, did it?”  We did not become close friends. LOL

At a shore command, My leading Chief Dan was Catholic, so was my friend AL. To me, there was no question those men were true Christian. MY good friend & BIL, Sonny, was Methodist, no better man has ever lived.

I have met people from many faiths, several my mind would not wrap around their beliefs, but I had NO reason to doubt their love for our Lord. A shipmate of mine was LDS, we talked many hours.  We never kept in contact, but he had plans to go to Belize and develop a town. He was using Joseph Smith’s many great ideas, Smith was one of THE BEST early urban designers. The cities are set on a grid. Roads wide enough for a horse & wagon to do a u-turn, etc.

BUT, but. believe me I was LOST when first faced with those local addresses NOT like: 125 Oak Street,  My grandson's address was something like:  75N 125E, Clearfield, UT. 

We have never been invited nor had the ‘nerve’ to attend a Catholic Service, BUT, If I had known Victor or Father Ignatius I probably would have. As a kid, Nuns scared me. I have attended Greek Orthodox Services; I Had planned to attend an Orthodox Service in Florida until my friend told me they did not have seating nor pews.  ;-)

Shucks once as a kid I attended a 'Snake Handling Church'. I didn't go back  LOL

Some other things happened in this line of thinking. I hope to put them in words tomorrow, if we are not on the road…

Below is a church Sherry and I started.  This is the church now,  We built the part on the left. LOL and lived in the connecting part.  The Huge auditorium was added much later.  The pathetic part is this is where I lost my faith, but announced I was resigning to go back to school.. The almost equal pathetic thing is this church now has half the congregation it had when I resigned.  One day I may talk about this....

Nite Shipslog

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