It is always helpful when someone has had similar experiences and they share what they learned. I have been reading Jason Zaharaides’ blog for quite some time. He is, as you will see, entering the Eastern Orthodox church. I have found his posts about his journey toward Eastern Orthodoxy interesting (Post #1) (Post#2). I thought these posts are helpful on several counts. 1) He summarizes the issues with consumer church. 2) He describes his emerging church response to the consumer church and finally he talks about the short comings of his emerging church experience. I’m not of any mind to head to Eastern Orthodoxy but I think he is right about the need for community and liturgy. I have not progressed nearly as far as Jason in my journey away from the consumer church, but I think the lessons Jason learned are very helpful in thinking about where to go from here.