True religion is not in the feeling . True religion is not in the planning . True religion is not in the not doing . And if we think we are serving God and being spiritual just by showing up at church and talking and attending meetings and feeling strongly about great ideas and not being ugly to the people around us, we are fooling ourselves. Being nice is only half the equation, and it doesn't even come first.
True religion is in the doing.
I know, I know. I'm meddling today. You know I don't like to manipulate you by making you feel guilty, never have practiced that kind of preaching. It backfires anyway. In Travels with Charley John Steinbeck said he liked to attend a fundamentalist church because the preacher made him feel bad and he knew right where he stood and that he was going to hell, so he could leave worship feeling like he had really heard from God.