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Monday, August 14, 2006
Flip Flops and Bubblegum
Youth led the evening service at church last night. They did a great job telling about the wonderful experiences they had this summer. We have a great group of kids at Columbus. One thing that I still have a hard time getting used to is how casual church has become. "Back in the day" I remember wearing hose and closed toed shoes everytime I stepped into the sanctuary of our church. I don't really want to go back to those days. Hose and heat are not a good match! I overhead a friend say she has to force her daughter to wear a dress to church on Sunday mornings. What kind of mood do you think they are in by the time they get to church? Is it worth the battle? I am all too familiar with the struggles of dressing for church. Drew hates shirts with collars. What do you think?
posted by Anonymous @ 10:54 AM
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I'm with you! It's fine to wear sandals with a skirt in summer, but I was taught that you show respect when you go church, and that respect involves dressing as though you are going somewhere special rather than to your everyday life.
This is an issue that I have thought a lot about, and I am not certain that I am not trying to justify my personal preferences. This will come as no shock I am sure, but I am a big fan of casual church. (As evidenced by my t-shirt, shorts and flip flops at the service last night.)
Other than admonitions that you should dress modestly (1 Tim. 2:9 - incidentally a passage that says you should not wear expensive clothing), I have not found anything in the Bible that leads me to believe that there is any mandate, other than a cultural one, that we be "dressed-up" for church. In fact in James 2:1-4 we are warned not to judge people by appearances, such as what they are wearing.
I can respect that some people want to use their clothing to indicate the importance of the event, much the same way we dress up for a wedding ceremony or a funeral, but I can also respect that some people might be uncomfortable coming to church if they feel that they don't have the proper clothing to wear.
Not to say that I haven't also seen some things worn to church that are inexcusable, but those tend to be outfits that run afoul of the "modest" standard mentioned above.
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