tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250579107773474617.post2130977198349964585..comments2010-12-29T09:03:56.205-06:00Comments on a stoners journal: why I went to churchdavid sherwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01953498664528923105noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2250579107773474617.post-7087865782183795652007-07-19T18:45:00.000-05:002007-07-19T18:45:00.000-05:00i was born into the church, thanks to my grandpare...i was born into the church, thanks to my grandparents, and went through the motions of the catholic church. it turned out i learned more from them than i did in church or catechicm combined. after confirmation at 16 i was on my own and for the first time realized that i didn this because i had to---not b/c i wanted to. I had no accountability or supportive peer group. most of them decided it was cooler to take the wine from the priest's office.<BR/><BR/><BR/>so i tried the fake it til i make it approach becaue i thought that if people knew that i knew God then they would like me and there would be acceptance.... uh-huh...right!<BR/><BR/>get through the rest of HS adn college..... and then a brilliant concept --- I WAS INVITED TO CHURCH AGAIN!!!!<BR/><BR/>i accepted the invitation and figured it couldnt be any worse that what my life at that time revealed to me. one 1 condition----none of that holy moly hand raising business!!!! it's still not for me...God is more concerned with where my heart is than my hands....... and that's just one of hundrds of things i would've never learned if i wasn't invited abck to church......danamydannyaaronannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18263520502706249962noreply@blogger.com