Mall of America and Church

The mall was big. They were selling lots of stuff there. There were lots of people there, spending money. But not us. Kind of like Vegas, we just came to look not spend. The coolest thing was the Lego store which had in stock all of the Star Wars Legos that the boys dream about and a bunch they never new existed.

We went to a church called Solomon's Porch (some of you might have read Doug Pagitt who is the pastor of the church). The building looked like First CRC...of name your town. But once you stepped inside the sanctuary, it was like nothing you have ever seen before. I likened it to a Goodwill furniture store. It was perfect.

There was artwork covering all the walls as well as what looked like a goose sculpture flying from the balcony. The music was very artistic and great to listen too, but hard to sing to as someone new to the church. The sermon was done in a discussion format which didn't work really well. It might have been because the guy who was leading didn't direct it very well, or it might have been just to many people there (maybe 125).

We are attracted to some of the things we see them doing but aren't sure they have it all figured out. It was overall a good learning experience for us as we continue to figure out what church looks like to us.