Really??!

I finally bit the bullet and went to a church service. It was odd, but it felt kinda good. It was odd in that I at once felt at home and a stranger. The church was one I'd never been to in the past and had wanted to try. The music was very good - contemporary, the way I like it. The preaching was even good; not the best but on point and attention keeping. I felt good for going, but didn't feel a connection.

I think sometimes I place too much on feeling. If I don't feel a service or the music, does that mean it wasn't a good one? I don't think so. I think it has more to do with me (bit ego centric??). I mean, I am the one distancing myself from God, not the other way round. Can He help it if I don't feel the service??

Anyway, I then, last week, ran into an assoc pastor of a church I'd been to in the past. I liked the Preacher, but the music was blah at many times. Blah in the old Evangelical way as opposed to old familiar hymns of the mainstram or Catholic variety (does that make any sense?). The MiL says the music is "dead." So what is more important, the preaching or the music?

Seems like an easy choice...The Preaching. But as the MiL points out, the worship period is very important. I guess the self pity portion is what church should I go to now that I have stepped up to the idea of going again. I want to go with the good preacher, AND the place with the good music - but they are in different places and the kids desreve a stable church home.