Saturday, December 22, 2018

Minister of Adventure Church Is Good Preacher (We Must Set Aside Conventions Of Ritual and Ceremony Used To Create “Us” and “Them)

"If you don't know what the truth is, you can't live in it," said Ira Popper, minister at the Adventure Church, which I have attended.

Popper is my Meisner acting instructor, and also a very good preacher. If you ignored his dry delivery, you would find that he is dynamic and demonstrative. His message of love is similar to those I have heard in other churches, including the LDS. In addition, this church presents an opening Christian rock band, the members of his congregation are vocal, and they participate in raising the arms.

As I have often said, we must set aside the conventions of ritual and ceremony that we use to differentiate and create the “us” and the “them.”  We all have more in common than what separates us.

Loren M. Lambert © April 21, 2013

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