I wonder if talking church and church practice is largely a waste of time and a distraction from what is important or so I have come to think at this moment.

As the book of Ecclesiastes says its all meaningless. Whether institutional non institutional normal church or house church we waste a lot of our brain space talking about it. Why? because talking about it will not lead to any life giving conclusions. I don't think there is going to be a eureka moment where we figure out the perfect way to do god / church.

for me at the moment The only topic I wonder is worth wrestling with is around Jesus Christ.

House Church Simple Church Emergent Church