I also don't like "Christianese" or what I like to call "flowery Christians" who act a little loony like everything is just dandy - the tv evangelicals turn me off, and that to me is not real. There are some people out there that take advantage of the masses, and are purely profit driven. Maybe that's why I have been also reluctant to jump right in with just any church, so I am doing my homework this time.
The best thing that I do is to visit the churches that appeal to me, not once but several times, and soon I find out what they are about. I like this one church I found, they are non-denominational (don't like denominations at all), so this is my first requirement. But even then, I have to scrutinize what kind of leadership they have and also look at the kinds of members that attend regularly. I've been burned out from church before (it was a non-denom) but it was just this one particular church. Still, it made me look at Christianity in a different way, so I am cautious.
~Sol
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Single Dad, and luvin it! ~ Happiness is a state of mind ~
