Wow... I stumbled on this post on busy-ness by Tracey and was bowled over.
A little excerpt:
From that moment on, every "church" activity that had filled my calendar
began to be filtered through my doubts and questions. I asked God,
"what are we supposed to be doing?" I read nothing but the word, for one
year - it was a fast from all other literature and ideology. I
continued to attend church but my activity level decreased as I found
myself immersed in the story of the History of the life. I began to see
the broad sweeping picture of nations rising and falling, worshiping or
not worshiping God, blessings and judgments and each generation moving
closer to salvation and deliverance . But I also began to question the
dynamics of the families, with women, men and children. I tried in each
story and event to imagine the children, the mothers, the fathers and
how their life and daily worship was shaped by the moving of God in
their nation.
Head on over to her blog and read the whole post ... you'll be glad you did.
Thanks to Terry over at Breathing Grace for her list of links that turned me on to this post!