Pastoral Ponderings: It’s a heavy load - The Stettler Independent

Pastoral Ponderings: It’s a heavy load - The Stettler Independent

Sometimes, I struggle with all the structures and traditions of being “church.” I grew up with traditions, but I seem to have shed many of them–in a good way. Traditions are only traditions as long as they’re meaningful. Optimistically, I think that’s one of the reasons there are so many different churches. We each come to God our own way, and some things are meaningful to some and not to others. If it’s not meaningful, if it’s not supporting Go…