Well here it is another Sunday morning I am not in church. It is Palm Sunday so of course I feel particularly guilty about it. I was thinking this morning why I don't go to church and here are my reasons:
1. I have no one to go with. This is a bs reason because I could very well go by myself but whatever.
2. I have no church to go too. I loved the first church mom and I went to, Cokesbury. I went every Sunday (give or take about 4 a year) for 13 years. I always looked forward to it. Then mom decided to go to a more religious church Holly Grove. Hated it! I never wanted to go, I hated to go, but I like the people there. Doesn't make sense. I haven't been in probably 4 years. Alex wants me to be Catholic but I told him I am not changing my religion until we went regularly. so that is where I stand on that. If he really wants me to be Catholic he will make an effort to go on Sunday mornings!
3. I feel like I am churched out. Let me tell you how much churching I did in highschool:
Church every Sunday
Worship every wednesday night, then youth group
every tuesday was chapel
everyday I had Bible class for 13 years!!!!
not to mention the 3 big trips the youth group would take every year which had 2 worship sessions per day. The trips were as long as 10 days or as short as 3. And I did not only go to my youth group trips, I also went to Nicoles.
God knows I love him, and I think I have done enough churching for a lifetime.
I completely agree with this post. Especially the first one...I don't want to go to church because I don't want to go alone to a brand new church. I don't think it's bs it's awkward going somewhere new for the fist time alone. I think all hg students are churched out. haha
ReplyDeleteAnd most HG students have wound up pregnant. What does that tell you? ;]
ReplyDeleteI really believe that God understands, He knows the kind of people that go there and quite frankly I don't think He would want to be there either haha. I have never felt closer to God when I go to church, but I have felt him when I am sitting alone and meditating with nothing but the sounds of nature. I know, that sounded like a total stoner just then but I would rather do that then sit in a building and listen to someone tell me what I should believe and what God wants me to do...as if they know haha
How come I can't see the other comments?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, becoming Catholic isn't changing religions. It is they claim to be the 'OG' Christian.
They just make you be confirmed within the church so that they know you have the same understanding and beliefs, it's a no brainer, but you have to go to the classes anyway, because they want you to see the importance of it.
Personally, after taking the class, I wondered why other churches don't do the same. The Jews do it in the synagogues but in our Protestant denominations, I guess they think Sunday school suffices.
The Catholics make a really big deal about it and the ceremonies are quite serious.
Thats what I liked about it, because it does feel like you have accomplished something.
And yes, if you wanna go I will go with you and be your sponsor if Alex couldn't do it with his sched.