"The opposite of a profound truth may very well be another profound truth." -Bohr

After my failed attempt at attending Unitaria last week, I finally made it to service this week.

While I am doing everything possible to immerse myself within Czech culture, I have made a decision when it comes to church. My plan is to attend a Catholic service in Czech every Sunday morning and then to attend the English Unitarian service afterwards. Although it means that I am going to "church" twice every Sunday, I wouldn't change it for the world. And it has proved to be very interesting.  I actually learn Czech by going to the Catholic mass, since the mass is basically the same as back home. However, I still get my weekly dose of spiritual thought by going to Unitaria.

All of that aside, I have truly found my home away from home in the Unitaria congregation. I attended alone and when I got to the place it was held, I was greeted by a woman named Susan and Reverend Mark. Susan quickly introduced me to her friend Nancy, who is responsible for the music in the service.

In the first 2 minutes of our conversations, I found out that both ladies are from Chicago and Nancy actually worked at Carthage up until a year and a half ago when they moved to Prague. (So if anyone from Carthage knows a Nancy Henninger..!!) It's amazing what happens when you are 4000 miles from home. I also learned that Nancy lived in Germany for 28 years as an opera singer and used to teach at NIU. What a small world.

I won't reveal too much about the service, cause I doubt many actually will want to hear about it. But I will add this little tidbit: I have never felt more at home in any community. And the fact that I spent an additional 2 hours after service just talking with the members is absolute proof of that.