tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post112948337576602834..comments2023-10-28T04:19:52.130-04:00Comments on The Big Dunk: Sunday double headerRachel Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01534890739695708419noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post-1129812953860216462005-10-20T08:55:00.000-04:002005-10-20T08:55:00.000-04:00Hi Lutheranchik,Normally I would make a second tri...Hi Lutheranchik,<BR/><BR/>Normally I would make a second trip for just the reason you stated- It isn't fair to base a decision on one shot. But in this case, Sunday school is a big issue because I have a couple of little boys. The Sunday school program at this particular church isn't going to work for us. (It is between the two services, which means the kids have to sit through the whole Rachel Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534890739695708419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post-1129772056912266512005-10-19T21:34:00.000-04:002005-10-19T21:34:00.000-04:00Rachel -- as my pastor likes to say, we can't alwa...Rachel -- as my pastor likes to say, we can't always hit it out of the park every week. You may have just happened upon that particular parish on a bad week. My parish, for instance, has its own confused person, a war veteran with "issues," who likes to suddenly stand up in the middle of the service and hold forth. (One Sunday he stood up right before the lessons and asked, "Pastor, is your LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post-1129560274888721612005-10-17T10:44:00.000-04:002005-10-17T10:44:00.000-04:00Thanks for the welcome, Mary Beth! I know that th...Thanks for the welcome, Mary Beth! <BR/><BR/>I know that the priest was being funny, and he was very nice. But it is true that I was struck by the irony of his comment given what had happened during the Eucharist.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I am not giving up. There is a church out there for me, somewhere!Rachel Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534890739695708419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826766.post-1129555080634659892005-10-17T09:18:00.000-04:002005-10-17T09:18:00.000-04:00Dear Rachel,Welcome to the ring!What a graceless c...Dear Rachel,<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the ring!<BR/><BR/>What a graceless comment for the priest to make...<BR/><BR/>I am a cradle Episcopalian and went away from it (searching) for several years in Grad school. Happily found just the right church home. Then I moved to my current city (250 miles away) and spent 10 years wishing for a church that felt like home to me.<BR/><BR/>My DH and I have just Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com