The Next Generation Has Landed

[poliphilo]

It's five months since I started worrying away at Christianity and priesthood and all that jive. Since then I've only missed church once- and that was because we were ill or on holiday or- wait a minute- I remember- it was because there was snow on the ground. Today I missed it again. And I expect to go on missing it regularly from here on out. Ailz may keep going- and sometimes I'll walk her to the door and pick her up afterwards- but that'll be it.  I'm not sure why I went through this episode- perhaps it was to make sure I wasn't missing anything- like a vocation for instance- but it seems the moral is, "you can't go back".

Ourdert and Peter came round after the service. They're good friends and will stay that way. For the rest I trimmed some bushes and watched the conclusion of The Wire: Season #3.

And then in the evening my sis rang to tell me that Michelle had just had her baby - which makes her a granny and me a great uncle.

Comments

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Wonderful on the baby.

On the church -- I guess you don't have any settings on your dial between all-in and all-out? No "I can go and sing and smile and enjoy being with people" setting?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It seems as if I just can't do the middle way. I turn up at church and start acting like I'm the vicar.

There's also the tiny problem that I hate hymns and find most liturgy tiresome.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, if you hate hymns you're doomed. No point going. When I attend, I pick my church based on the number of opportunities to sing lustily.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

So do I!