Questions: my homework
Janelle and I are taking/leading a class about talking to people that don't have faith about faith, and one of the things that the book tells us is that we don't get it. People that go to church, according to the book, don't understand what people that don't go to church think. So the book asked us to interview somebody that doesn't go, so that we could understand somebody else's perspective.
If anybody wants to answer these questions in person, coffee/beer is on me. If anybody wants to answer them on estrip, comment below.
The questions:
1. What pops into your mind when you hear the word "church?"
2. Has anyone ever invited you to their church? What did you think when they asked you? Did you go? How did it feel? If you didn't go, why not?
3. Have you ever had a sense of God or Jesus communicating with you? What was it like?
4. If you had one question you could ask God and knew you would get an answer, what would it be?
5. Would you like prayer for anything?
Thanks in advance! If anybody wants to answer these in person, the best time for me is Wednesday night, after 8 (homework is due Thursday)
If you don't want people reading your responses, sending me an email is fine, too.
If anybody wants to answer these questions in person, coffee/beer is on me. If anybody wants to answer them on estrip, comment below.
The questions:
1. What pops into your mind when you hear the word "church?"
2. Has anyone ever invited you to their church? What did you think when they asked you? Did you go? How did it feel? If you didn't go, why not?
3. Have you ever had a sense of God or Jesus communicating with you? What was it like?
4. If you had one question you could ask God and knew you would get an answer, what would it be?
5. Would you like prayer for anything?
Thanks in advance! If anybody wants to answer these in person, the best time for me is Wednesday night, after 8 (homework is due Thursday)
If you don't want people reading your responses, sending me an email is fine, too.
2) Yes and yes. A church opened up a few blocks away from my childhood home. The youth pastor went door to door looking for anyone remotely young to bring. Being young, arrogant, and having read a bit of Jung I thought I was informed enough to engage in a reasoned debate about religion with this guy. Since I made the point that all religions are fundamentally the same he invites me to a service. It would have been hypocritical of me to not go, so I do. Christian rock generally is terrible, but the Christian rock house band they had was profoundly terrible. When he asked me how it was, I felt so awkward. I didn't want to insult his band, but man. He later invited me to a party. Thinking a party was a party I said sure. No, it ended up being an intervention where strangers drank strong kool-aid* and confronted me about my lack of specific faith.
3) When I was a real little kid I thought god and I were tight. Puberty did away with that. It was such a magical feeling. Like at any second I could have stigmata, or make statues cry just by being in my holy presence. Nothing kills that like a cracking voice and pubic hair.
4) And take the mystery out of things? No way.
5) No thank you.