I don’t go to a church that condemns you if you miss services. I don’t have to go to confession or self-flagellate if I sleep in on a Sunday. However, I must have made a personal commitment to church without even realizing it. I woke up this morning to my mother’s annoying cell phone ring tone. It’s loud enough for her aging ears to hear, but also too loud for the rest of the world. I heard my mother telling my sister that we missed church. My immediate reaction was: OH NO! I really wanted to go.
I started to think about the minister needing me to be there and wondering where I was. She relies on me, sometimes. It’s nice to be of service, as well. I thought about friends missing me. I remembered I had an Uncommon Gay Spiritual Warriors meeting this week. It was going to be announced at service. I would not be there for any questions, afterward. I was disappointed in myself for sleeping in, to say the least. However, a great sense of relief passed over my body and mind, when I realized that no one would judge me for missing. Judgment is simply not part of our paradigm of belief. How thankful I am for that.
I actually really like church. I always have, even as a child. I used to walk to Catholic church by myself, even though my family of eight didn’t go. Church was about a mile away, but it didn’t matter. I felt comfort there in the presence of people who searched, as I did, for life’s reason and purpose. Now, ever since I began going to a church that truly ministers to my soul and my personal needs AND doesn’t condemn the gay lifestyle, I really enjoy the fellowship and the camaraderie that a once-a-week service provides. We always have time together in the meeting room after service, so I can give a hug to my friends. Then, after church, my mother and sister and I go for lunch, every week. It’s my time to give back to them who help me—my mom cooks and cleans, and my sister bitches… Did I say that out loud? lol
Giving back in any small way to the world and to the people who contribute to your life is a great thing. Fellowship, in general, is a good way to get out of yourself and your personal problems, once a week, to make a difference as part of the whole. I seriously believe that when people began to meet for fellowship, no one ever intended to make this a financial or social commitment. Men probably decided, soon after they realized that a meeting room would cost money, that giving back, financially, to the church that teaches you would be a good idea. I’m not sure that this is what God intended to be our tithe.
For me, I often give to the place that feeds my soul, because the Laws of the Universe say, “What you sow, you shall reap.” And “give and it shall be given unto you.” We can’t deny that giving to something that supports us, aids in our personal growth. Participating in community is an even better way to feel that your life isn’t completely compartmentalized and lonely.
So, “go to church” or “don’t go to church,” that is the question. Whether ‘tis Nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of the world without social support or taking arms against a sea of human problems, and by opposing religion, in general, end them?
I say, “Yeh! Church it is!”
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