Church

People ask me why I have started going to church again. Usually I don't have a "good" answer to give them at the time. In this post I will attempt to explain.
It started out because someone I found myself caring about deeply seemed to get so much from the experience.
There appears to me to be something powerful in coming together to acknowledge a higher power. It is impossible to come together alone. I could sit here in meditation for hours on end, and never achieve the same thing.
Do I believe exactly as those I share this experience with each Sunday? No. In fact I imagine they would be quite shocked to hear that I believe the Bible is man's attempt at understanding a great mystery. Is it from God? Yes. Everything is from God. God reveals itself within our cultural context. What other way would "He"?
It would be very easy for me to sit at home and say, "I have nothing in common with these people."(As I did for many years.) The truth is we are all looking both upwards, and within.