One of the best books I read this summer was The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality by Ronald Rolheiser. My favorite chapter was about the church, and at the end of that chapter Rolheiser lists nine Scriptural reasons why a person should go to church. They are:
1. Because it is not good to be alone.
2. To take my rightful place humbly within the family of humanity.
3. Because God calls me there.
4. To dispel fantasies about myself.
5. Because "ten thousand saints" have told me so.
6. To help others carry their pathologies and to have them help me carry mine.
7. To dream with others.
8. To practice for Heaven.
9. For the pure joy of it...because it is Heaven!
So, why do you go to church?
Praising God is our greatest