Happy Easter all! Or Palm Sunday, whatever you feel more comfortable calling it. Typing this quick throw-up in Maryland. Went to my first mass this morning with the aunts and uncles. I didn’t realize there was so much standing and sitting involved. Apparently, my aunt says, that you get so used to the up-and-down rhythm that if the service gets changed for some reason or another, it throws everyone off.
A good morning so far, though I’ve come down with something of a cold and sniffled my way through most of it. Any cold/stuffy sinus remedies you’d recommend?
See you on Monday. Enjoy your Easter candy and remember what Easter is truly about. (And no, if you say Cadbury eggs, however delicious those may be, you’re wrong)
I see that smile.
Happy Easter to you too Josh. Thanks for all these recent useful links, but buddy, please, if you want you book critiqued, please don’t link to any more games! 🙂
Ooh. Yeah. Sorry ’bout that. I’ll try adding warning labels to distracting posts from now on.
So–quesiton. Mass . . . do you normally do the Catholic thing or something else?
To answer the question…we don’t normally do mass, no. I basically consider myself nondenominational. Grew up under mostly Baptist roots, but nothing extreme. I’ve yet to speak in tongues or handle snakes, though both would likely prove an interesting experience, no doubt. Yourself?
My dad’s a Methodist pastor, but I’ve never thought of myself as Methodist. My parents dragged us kids off to Pentecostal/Charismatic gatherings when we were wee things and kept doing it to our teenage years. So . . . I’m actually more comfortable in those settings. No handling snakes, though. Lots of speaking in tongues (done that) and shaking and “physical manifestations” and weird people who whoop and holler (never done any of that). If nothing else, I think I like it better because it’s not boring like the Methodist services.
As for what I consider myself . . . eh. Never really identified completely with any one denomination. As of late, I tend to see things in an agnostic light, so I’m not sure I would even be considered “Christian” any more.
Hmmm . . . enough about moi. I’ll shut up now.
See, now I’m curious (probably too much for my own good, but what the hey). Not that I want to start a theological row here in the comments, but what has lately made you shift more toward the agnostic perspective, and what do you consider the elements that make one “Christian” or not? Simply curious, and if you want to designate that to the private sector, all’s good. Just wondering.
Mmmmm . . . for now, I think I’m going to keep that in the private sector. Maybe sometime when I’m feeling uber reflective I’ll post something to my blog, but currently I’m just not too keen to yak about that one.