i woke up sunday morning bright an early. 9am on a sunday is very rarely seen by me, at least not after a good night's rest;) i had promised my sister i would join her for church that morning. you heard me right, i said church, the jesus kind of church. she had been telling me about this new kind of church she was attending at the paramount movie theater. church in a movie theater! and the message was delivered in the form of a video projected on the movie screen. movie church is what i called it.
a relaxed atmosphere. supportive friends. thoughtful discussion. life's tough questions. laughter. music. a church for people who aren't into church. the meeting house is a new take on 'religion', a place where people can take an irreligious approach to spirituality through the christian faith. hey, with a pastor that looks like this, you know you're in for a different kind of sermon.
take a look at the meeting house manifesto and decide for yourself.
"Let there be real harmony so there won't be divisions in the church. I plead with you to be of one mind, united in thought and purpose."
~ 1 Corinthians 1:10 (NLT)
church service began with singing and prayer. it had been so long since i was in any kind of church on sunday morning, and it felt good to sing and clap with other people. hey, it doesn't take much for me to get into singin and dancin. and its the most wonderful time of the year, so singing silent night and joy to the world always puts a smile on my face.
the sermons are recorded the week before at the oakville meeting house, and then played at the other meeting places in brampton, hamilton, north toronto, and downtown toronto. this week's message was about http://www.themeetinghouse.ca/media/2005-11-27-466-notes.pdf. they discussed the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe by c.s. lewis, and the parallels the story had with christianity. the message included video clips from the bbc series based on the book, and was actually pretty interesting and informative. what i enjoyed most about the message was that pastor bruxy was dressed casually, well spoken, and was actually funny. bruxy rekognized that there are so many different ways to fellowship and commune with god, and that for many people they believe that how they celebrate their relationship with god is the way others should too. he doesn't subscribe to that school of thought, and i appreciated hearing this non traditional view of spirituality through christianity. not having 'religion' shoved down my throat, or "this way is better than your way", was refreshing.
i must say, leaving "church" with trance playing loudly in the background was a fun and welcome change to the traditional, conservative, and orthodox ways i remember church to be. on our way out, a very cute woman approached me and said she remembers me from the hospital a month ago. she was sitting beside my friend lori and i in the emergency room after lori's dog bit her in the face. turns out this girl's name was lori too. we chatted for a bit, and i gave her my card. if you're reading this lori, thank you for making me feel welcome at church on sunday.
i think i just might go to church again next week for the second part of god@the movies. and i loved hangin with my sister. i can see why she enjoys this new approach to church, it really is a lot of fun and very welcoming. religion is being taken to new and interesting places. go movie church!
"men never do evil so completely cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction" - blaise pascal <--- hey, she went to my church, unionville alliance church. she has a a beautiful voice, and evidently a beautiful mind.
after church, thalia and i went to hogtown to look at snowboard bagz. thalia bought me a wikkid hogtown snowboard bag for christmas, as well as this burton toque (in red of course). it has removable headphones so i can listen to beatz on the hill and anywhere else a toque is necessary.
i'm looking forward to trying these badboys out on the hills this season. burton also has a helmet with headphones in em, but the headphone part is not removable. i like the option of having them there or not, and i'm not always going to be wearing a helmet. i'll get way more use out of this toque than a helmet. thanks thalia for the early christmas present.
i also got to try on the volcom shaun white pimp suit jacket. that's right, volcom is making formal wear for their customers. velvetine pimp jackets look daam smokin.
if i had an extra $100 i would've bought it, but that's like two dayz of riding in b.c. i'd rather ride than look good in this jacket. so instead, i took a pikcha of myself in the outfit and put it back on the hangar. yay digital cameras.
look, a motorcycle out and about in winter! only in canada!
thalia then treated me to lunch at the all you can eat korean grill house on queen. i love that place. i know thalia doesn't like it that much, but she made an exception for me.
after lunch, we went back to the paramount theater to see charlize theron in aeon flux.
i'm not familiar with the television series or comic book, so i can't comment on how close it was to the original. but i did enjoy the story, the fx were kewl, and charlize theron looked goddam smokin...especially kicking ass. i was impressed at how graphic her battles were too...they had no problems showing blood.
if you're into cyber goth, this film is pure cyber spy porn for you...from the fashion to the spy gear, aeon flux is pure sexxx.
7/10 dreadlocks from this dredi knight.
charlize theron...*drool*
thanks thalia for an incredible sunday afternoon. i'm really going to miss you when i'm gone.
normaste
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