A Church for Hermits

It has been a wonderful morning!
I had breakfast with two friends this morning -- a couple of guys that I had not seen in quite some time.
When I talk about people that I connect with, these are two of the guys that I am talking about. I don't know if it's a soul connection or an energy vibe or what exactly. I just know that there is a part of my spirit that is energized by spending time with them.

The conversation was easy. 
We talked about our kids and family, a bit about sports, work, church, and just about life in general. It was a grand way to start the day -- except for that alarm clock thing!
I use my alarm so rarely that it really startled me this morning. I woke up suddenly thinking, "What the hell is that?!"
I am so glad that I am privileged to the point of not needing to do that anymore.

In the church part of our conversation, someone mentioned that I need a church for hermits. I wonder how that would work.
Honestly, I miss the community part of church and I think there has to be a way to find that in a way that isn't otherwise uncomfortable. Too much of church life and structure just doesn't work for me anymore. I need a spiritual community that is somehow separated from religion. I think that I am slowly building that -- I even came home and had a conversation with a Southern Baptist pastor friend that is working his own way through deconstruction and reconstruction. 

There is still much about my former Christianity that I still struggle with.
And yes -- I said former Christianity. I think the first century followers had it right when they were simply followers of the way or disciples of Jesus.
And just maybe those early opponents had it right when they used "Christian" as a derogatory term, as well.

I am a follower of Jesus rather than a worshiper of Jesus. I am a disciple; a student of what he taught. Unlike many of my deconstructed evangelical brothers, I am not ready to toss baby Jesus out with the proverbial bathwater. I don't think I am able to separate the Divine Christ from the human Jesus as a good teacher just yet. 
It's weird, but I am comfortable in my spiritual struggle right now. The struggle for truth is way better than the comfortable lie and control I was living under.

So if anybody knows of or plans to start a church for hermits -- let me know.
It just might be my kind of church!

John