Hi family,

Well, with me, "dressing down" has had the opposite reaction.  How do 
you think JESUS dressed anyway? Do you think HE dressed up fine? I 
SHOULD SAY NOT!!

LOVE IN HIS RADIANT PRESENCE,

purple Mari



At 09:50 AM 4/30/2007, you wrote:
>Another thought.  I have heard people who don't go to church at all 
>say "God is everywhere.  I can worship him just as easily at home 
>because he is everywhere.  So why should I go to church at all." I 
>think this is because they have fallen out with their church and 
>rather than either going to that church and worshiping God there, or 
>taking time to iron out the difficulties found there, or going to 
>another more compatible church altogether they use God's 
>omnipresence as an excuse not to go at all.  Dressing down may be a 
>few steps above that, and may well lead to that kind of thinking.
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 8:44 AM
>Subject: Re: Churchianity Today
>
>
>>Angel,
>>Very well said.Kathy
>>
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>>At 09:03 PM 4/29/2007, you wrote:
>>>I was disappointed to discover in my church those who go dress 
>>>casually as well.  I use to force my son to ware a suit.  He told 
>>>me once of all his school friends who attended he was the only one 
>>>wearing a suit.  What is this world coming to when what we ware to 
>>>obtain a job interview is better than what we wear to worship the 
>>>Lord of our lives, the one who gave his life for us that we might 
>>>not parish.  I can fully well understand the person who truly has 
>>>no better to ware, but I say these individuals are rare.  Even at 
>>>our lowest we can go to the salvation army or to good will and 
>>>find something suitable.  We don't go to church for our own 
>>>comfort, rather we go to worship.  Worship means stepping out of 
>>>our comfort zone and showing others our Lord means enough to ware 
>>>our very best.  If our heart doesn't reflect this sentiment than 
>>>our Lord knows this and we humans aren't to judge.  I continued to 
>>>force my son to ware a suit which displeased him constantly.
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 4:03 PM
>>>Subject: Re: Churchianity Today
>>>
>>>
>>>>Kathy,
>>>>
>>>>I prefer wearing my suit to church every time.  I need to lose 
>>>>about 8 to 10
>>>>more pounds before it will fit again.  I learned that in bible college.
>>>>Every guy had to wear a suit and tie and I never minded it.  I was at my
>>>>son's church down in Castle Rock, a rich, or well to do, bedroom community,
>>>>25 miles south of Denver.  this was a big mega type church with 3 or 4
>>>>services per day.  I wore a suit.  My son said, out of the 300 in the
>>>>service we happened to attend, of the three, I was the only 
>>>>person wearing a
>>>>suit.  I said, "What about the pastoor.  He wears a suit doesn't he?"  My
>>>>son said, "No.  In fact, he looked like he was wearing slacks and literlly
>>>>a t shirt today.
>>>>
>>>>I wore suits when I was eight years old to church.
>>>>
>>>>Phil.