Kind words, thank you. I hope that everyone, especially Tamar gets it. I think I was unnesccesirily harsh last night when I didn't mean to be. Her comments about my entire church being disrespectful weren't meant to be mean I don't think. I just don't think she understood why we don't dress up.
I even got to thinking that even the Catholics with all of their high ritual, have run missions similar to our church throughout a lot of history.
Sometimes it's very difficult to not react harshly when being personally insulted. I've been there done that. We ask forgiveness and then move on.
Implying that someone's church is not worthy of God's love, or that their parishoners are not respecting God because of their dress code....well, any person who loves God, and loves their church, would have had their hackles up. And yes, I believe you're correct about Catholic missions. Many denominations have similar missions. What better way to do God's work.
My goodness! It sounds like sleep did a world of good for all of us! Apologies are everywhere! This is a much happier place to be today! ;-)