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Nearly six months after a fire that severely damaged Bethany Presbyterian Church’s sanctuary, congregants are coming together to discern what God has planned for their new building and their future identity as a church.

What do you do after an experience of desecration such as this? What, in particular, do we do as church?

My hope is that we can continue to make helpful, creative, and necessary changes to our churches because, presently, our worship services exclude many people. I am speaking of our siblings with developmental, intellectual, and physical disabilities.

But for those who could suffer backlash as a non-believer, you could answer in a way that is technically correct, something like, "I don't think I attend the church you do," smile, and change the subject to something less controversial, like politics.

What I mean by “the church” is the institutional church with all of its rules. Maybe that sounds odd.

I know what you are thinking, why invite someone from a different faith tradition to be a minister at your church for the day?