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Luling | March 19, 2006
Over the past fifteen years, I have driven through the small town of Luling hundreds of times on my way between Houston and Wimberley, stopping occasionally for watermelons or barbecue. On each trip, I have passed a simple, brown-brick building with a hand-painted sign that announces, "The Church of Christ Meets Here," signifying that the people are the church, not the place of worship. I spent the first thirty years of my life in the Church of Christ, but in the decades since withdrawing from its bosom in search of more-nourishing milk, I have returned only rarely, usually for funerals or during visits with relatives. So I was curious to see what changes I might find in a congregation that is similar in size and setting to the one in which I was reared. The answer turned out to be, not much.
Nearly all of the forty or so people present that morning introduced themselves to my wife and me and welcomed us warmly. Most were eligible for Medicare, and one member acknowledged...
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