Where have we been?
"indecision's bugging me / if you don't want me set me free" The Clash, 1981 This is for my friends and acquaintances at church. Our church has recently hired a new pastor, and the process of selecting and hiring him was fraught with conflict. While my husband and I were surprised and saddened by some of the ways that disagreement was approached during that process, that's not why we have left. This new pastor seems not to be our cup of tea in terms of his personal and preaching styles, but that is also not why. We also haven't exactly left; as the lyric above suggests, we're fumbling into a transition period and we're not sure what's next. The reason we are entering this transition is because of the music pastor. If you've ever heard me onstage at our church, you know that singing in worship is my passion and my gift. If you have only seen me rarely, that is the problem. I have not sung in our contemporary service since December of