I have spent the last ten years without church. It has been quite a solitary journey across a desert littered with occasional mirages and Job's friends.
During my journey I still heard from God. I wrote it all down and some of it has appeared in this blog. I had worried from time to time whether I was off the wall or not. A lot of what God had been telling me was very radical and could even be viewed as liberal.
Today I met with a senior church leader who I have known of for 25+ years and respected at a distance. Our paths had crossed several times over those years at various churches and conferences. I knew quite a lot about him, and knew he was a godly man to be respected.
Anyway I was having a meeting with him to discuss where church was at, what was happening and to decide if what he was doing I could join with. This despite my saying years ago I never wanted to be involved with church again. God has a wonderful way of changing our minds 
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Anyway, I find, to my astonishment, that he is saying exactly the same things I have been thinking over the last ten years. This is good, very very good. It means that not only am I listening to God, but he is too. Unlike other church leaders who could live in fear for their jobs and ignore such things, Derek has gone on in faith, and is building church!!
I found we were one in mind, and am sure we will become one in heart too. I hope I have found my spiritual home.
