Article December 13, 2010 Issue

Your questions about church

BY JUDY WOLFF AND MARK SWINNEY

How can a church navigate the different views between the more casual members and the more formal members? The more casual people seem to think that the old ways are too stiff and rigid, while the more formal members think the casual people are not respectful of the meaning of church.

RESPONSE 1: JUDY WOLFF

Navigating a church through the waters of conflicting viewpoints can be a rollicking, but ultimately unifying adventure. Part of the adventure may be discovering what draws us to church. What really attracts people—whether attendees are old or young, liberal or conservative, casual or formal—is Christian Science. "The two largest words in the vocabulary of thought" as Mary Baker Eddy described them in No and Yes (p. 10). So large are these words that they include everyone and accommodate a rich variety of expression.

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