miércoles, 10 de abril de 2013
The Mysteries of the Korean Church
Wandering through the suburban streets, you only have to navigate a couple of corners to come across this church from my house. It's not a very pretty church, simple red brick, although it does have some stained glass windows, it doesn't appear very remarkable at all. The denomination in Uniting, a common Christian denomination in Australia. What intrigues me about it though, if you look at the sign, is that it's Korean. I also really like their minibuses with the Uniting Church insignia and Korean writing on the sides. I have seen a couple of churches in Australia that are something like - Chinese Baptist Church - or something of the sort, and they always stick out at me, but they are still so rare. To me it seems quite bizarre, it poses many questions, but mostly: are their services normal, but just in Korean? Is that the only difference? I really want to attend one of their services to find out, but my conspicuousness concerns me: I don't exactly look Korean. And really, if I went, I don't speak Korean, and even if I did, I don't know what a normal Uniting Church service is like to compare it to. But despite all that, it is very intriguing. Every time I walk past I find myself staring at it and wondering. So many mysteries around this small Korean church...
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I once found a bible in Korean. It had paper sheets in it with songs that I presume were church songs. It was all very whimsical.
ResponderEliminarI ended up donating that bible.
I don't see how that wouldn't have inspired you to learn Korean, so that you could read the bible. But you gave it away. Missed opportunity... Pretty cool though.
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