I wonder how many God points she’ll get for this…
Four years ago when I decided I was going to start going to church, I chose my church based on an internet search of denominations and differences between them and once I decided that I wanted a Presbyterian church, I got some recommendations. I did not chose it because it was cheap, close to home and not crowded. This is, however, how I chose my gym, which is why I go to a Presbyterian church, but go to a gym at an XYZ* church. Never thought much about it until today when I had this conversation.
An older woman on treadmill next to me started a conversation with, “I see you here quite a bit, but I never see you on Sunday. Do you go to church here?” (At this point I’m thinking this is a little weird – how long has she been watching me?) What I wanted to say was “No, actually I go to church somewhere else.” I only got out the “no, actually” before she started talking again.
And by talking again, I mean she spent 5 minutes telling me her testimony and then ended with “you really should accept Jesus in to your life”
Finally a pause, so I say, “I have, I just belong to another church” You would think the conversation would end here or move on to something different, but no, it just kept getting better…
At this point the woman, having not done enough research about me says, “I hope it’s an XYZ church – really it should be your only option.” Before I had a chance to say anything she launched into a list of all the things wrong with other denominations. I don’t remember them all, but her words about Presbyterians were something along the lines of being an unholy bunch (I must admit – this was a little amusing, but she gave no basis for the assumption so I don’t really know what she meant).
When I could finally get a word in edgewise, I couldn’t take it anymore so I said, “No, I don’t go to an XYZ church – personally I find them a little too pushy.” and then I left.
This probably wasn’t the best response, but in all fairness she did just call me unholy. I never told her where I went to church so she can’t hold it against us when she attacks the next poor un-XYZ soul at the gym. All I could think as I was leaving was that I’m glad this was not how I was approached 4 years ago at my church – I definitely wouldn’t have stayed.
What a day to forget my iPod…
*I have nothing against the denomination as a whole or the people that belong to it so I do not want to give them a bad name even though this lady was crazy.
Saturday Reflections
1. I am suffering a complete lack of motivation to get of the couch…
2. Jonas on the Disney Channel is like an updated version of The Monkees – and I like it.
3. I’m glad you don’t have to pay extra for the Disney Channel like you use to.
4. I’m probably too old to be watching this, but I don’t really care…
Things that should probably just go unsaid
Anonymous SG member 1: It’s true, our small group is the best. They try to start all these small groups based on some model and they always fail, but they never just do what we do.
Anonymous SG member 2: Yeah, but we don’t have a model. What are they going to do just say – Caribou at 7 – be there. It only works for us because we are awesome.
This is what I love most about my small group – we are very humble.
What a nice way to start the day
This morning I had a really pleasant dream. It was a normal (at least for me) dream where I moved from one random place to another – I think it involved C’s house, a random ticket outlet, a semi-private symphony show, etc. You know, places that don’t exist in my life (well except for C’s house, but it wasn’t her real house) Anyways, it involved some unexpected people and places, but it was a nice dream.
The weird part was that my dream literally ended, I rolled over, kind of waking up, stretching my arms, and then right when I rolled over my alarm went off. Usually my alarm will go off, startle me out of my dream and then I’ll be confused for a few minutes, but today it was really perfect timing. I don’t know the last time I woke up in such a good mood. This is really strange because I woke up about an hour and a half earlier than normal so I could get to work early. I also don’t think I’ve ever had a dream end the way this one just kind of ended – almost like a movie or a play or something.
I guess because I’m usually woken up in the middle of dream,I usually miss the resolution. I’ve never really had one end naturally – it was strange. Nice, but strange.
Bringing a smile to your face one laugh at a time
Co-worker: How are you today?
Me: I’m grumpy.
Co-worker: (busts out laughing) Well, I wasn’t expecting that.
Her reaction made me laugh, and I needed it.
Weekend home repair
This weekend I decided to finally fix this hole in my wall:
The spackling was pretty easy – I think I did an ok job at it:
The hard part was figuring out which one of these cans contained the paint I needed:
Turns out it was the next to last one I opened (in this process I also found out that 4 cans contain colors that are no where in my house)
So I painted the wall and I know it doesn’t look perfect, but I’d say I did a fairly decent job for my first time:
A Perfect Getaway
Last night I went to a movie with my brother. My list of movies that I wanted to see did not include A Perfect Getaway, but I let him talk me into it. I’m glad I did. It was really good. I thought it was more of a horror movie, but it was more suspense than anything. I obviously did not pay close enough attention to the trailer.
I won’t give anything away, because I think you should all go see it, but I actually picked up on something in the movie ahead of time and that my friends is a miracle. Usually I never see anything see anything coming. Even though my guess panned out, I still really enjoyed how everything played out.
Pandora – updated
So – I liked the new box in Pandora in your profile that shows the bookmarked songs, etc. Then I tried the “embed widget” link at the bottom of it and didn’t think about it again until now…
Apparently it posts a blank entry in WordPress and not really the box showing what you are listening to.
I like Elizabeth’s comments though, so I’m leaving it…
