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By: Ebyboy

Ebyboy — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 07:55:00 +0000

I find that I enjoy my midday Sunday afternoon sleep better than sleeping in on Sunday morning. There I have admitted sleeping on Sunday morning. For convinience sake though it is “unclear” to me that I have done that since I started attending ACOC.

By: meowmix

meowmix — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:42:00 +0000

There was a time in my life when this question would have posed no problem for me. Now, however, I’m afraid I’d be scrambling around for a good answer. There are reasons, but I would only be sounding like I was making excuses…….

By: cwinwc

cwinwc — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:27:00 +0000

This question has come up in the form of, “Dad, why do we have to go to church tonight when _______ isn’t going.”

Our answer is always something along the lines, there are times in which the standards by which some families live by do not conform to the standards that we’ve set for ours all the time. We believe it’s important to be encouraging and it’s hard to encourage when you’re absent.

By: Brady

Brady — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:41:00 +0000

Someone is watching, looking for examples, thinking up ideas. The Christian family needs to be careful, because little guys are watching seeing how we love, pray and serve.

For our difficult questions, I tell the kids to ask Steph.

By: Stoogelover

Stoogelover — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:08:00 +0000

You might want to think about having the kids submit their future questions in writing for a delayed response … give you time to work out the answer. Sort of like a time delay on the SuperBowl halftime show.

By: Thurman8er

Thurman8er — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:08:00 +0000

We had this same discussion in class yesterday. Most of us admitted that the biggest obstacle by FAR to going to church was the desire to keep sleeping.

The discussion was about delayed gratification and how nearly every Christian act was an act of faith. After all, if we don’t really believe what we say we believe, then there’s no point to doing all that stuff anyway, is there?

I have to be honest. There is usually about one day per year that I sleep in on a Sunday. Of course, it has to be a day that I am NOT teaching class, NOT preaching and have NO reponsibilities whatsoever. The rarity of those days makes the commitment a pretty easy one to keep.

Here’s a similar question I get: If you weren’t teaching all the time, would you still study? “Hmmmm. Ummm. What makes you ask that question?”

By: Z-man

Z-man — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:49:00 +0000

I hope he wasn’t naming names of former members! (he does realize we moved & haven’t been skipping for 2 1/2 years, doesn’t he?)

Sounds like he answered it himself, which seems to be the same reason Jesus answered a question w/a question. Good for Reese to be thinking about such things; those wheels are turning upstairs.

By: waterlover

waterlover — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:40:00 +0000

One of the factors that made me realize I was in the right place when I just joined the Church of Christ was the dedication I saw in people who visited this church while on vacation. When we visited other churches of Christ while we were on vacation we’d meet many others who didn’t skip. Not that this will help answer Reese’s question, but I see much less absentism here then in previous churches to which I have belonged.