Monday; October 21
As I drove to church the other morning, I heard an old favorite song, “(Give Me That) Old Time Religion”. The version I heard was relatively new, but song seems to date back at least to the late 1800s. The song has a catchy tune and the lyric harkens us back to an old time religion that was good enough for our ancestors – and as such, should be good enough for us. Interestingly, even though I like the song, the sentiment has kind of troubled me throughout the years. I remember hearing it as a child and, while I was drawn to traditional religion, I can see the challenge of doing the things we have always done them just because we have always done them that way. As a child of the ‘60s and ‘70s that logic tended to fall on deaf ears – and I can only imagine the message it would receive today. Again, I tend to like that old-time religion, but we must make sure it is built on truth and not just tradition. I believe there is value in doing things the way they were done in the o