Party spirit is just plain wrong

Good day, and I finally have another driver to work on. Other than getting called by a random saleswoman who didn't even seem to know _who_ she was trying to contact, today was pretty average. Rehearsals for Brazil start up again tomorrow after a month hiatus... goodbye every-afternoon-free, hello learning to sing in Portuguese.

Sometimes it's far to easy to be critical when listening to someone describe things that their church does that are different from the way your church does it. I should really be glass-half-full without having to remind myself to be charitable. A party spirit is hardly a Christian virtue, and definitely not in line with the reaction of Christ to his disciples persecution of someone casting out demons in the name of Christ who wasn't one of their circle. Luke 9:50 "Do not hinder him; for he who is not against you is for you." As John the Baptist put it,... He must increase, I must decrease. Recognizing that the work of God as supersedes one's own party is sometimes difficult, but to do otherwise is nothing but arrogance.