Rituals or Reality

—Taught by God

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Andrew Fountain – Dec 7, 2014

Korean ancestor veneration

Korean ancestor veneration

Talk with Larry Frank (photographer) about our church.
- What kind of a church are you?
  - We don’t have rituals, we have reality.
- He kept wanting to turn it into self-actualization
  - Do we have any rituals?

Jewish Rabbi: Haym Soloveitchik

Religious Jews now seek to ground their spirituality not so much on an unattainable intimacy with Him,
but on an intimacy with His Law, avidly following Its intricate demands and saturating their daily lives with Its exactions.

Having lost the touch of His presence, they seek now solace in the pressure of His yoke.
Slightly paraphrased from Rupture And Reconstruction: The Transformation Of Contemporary Orthodoxy, Haym Soloveitchik, p.40

What do you think about that?

Jesus: Matthew 11:

“Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”

Article in the Toronto Star, Dec 2009
- A woman who had given up any kind of religious beliefs when she was still a child.
- Found an emptiness in her life
- Recently went to church, so a very formal ritualistic meeting.
- Felt a strong emotion and tears came to her eyes
- But she is still an atheist and doesn’t belief in any kind of God

John 6 – Taught by God

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What is the work that God wants?

To believe on him that God has sent
To believe is to follow
His yoke is easy, his burden is light
Don’t settle for the external stuff
Only settle for the reality of God’s presence and his intimacy