Referring to the mayor of the town outside Reno, who tells the ACB convention over and over, "We are a family friendly" town. For proof, he points with pride to their many churches and their annual Christmas Parade.
You see, the problem is not with the mayor or the "family friendly" chatter. The problem is with us. We are just not part of that family. Of course we could soon become forced to be part of the family. Seems they want to shove their Family friendly Values down everybody's throats.
Back when I attended a family friendly White Christian All American Church, did I mention that it was family friendly?, we used to chant, "The family that prays together stays together".
Well, my ex-wife and I prayed together. Many of my former church friend, now divorced, prayed together. We had mid week prayer meetings, Sunday school before church and evening services every Sunday. We had choir practices and church potluck dinners and family work parties to clean the church. We were such a close knit family that sometimes some of our members forgot which bed was theirs. But hey, what the pastor and the church secretary do in the church office after hours is their business, just as long as they pray together.
Well, that little church in White suburbia is now up for sale. When I last visited there for my ex-wife's memorial service, a large crowd attended. She was well loved, and a good person. Several dozen old friends came to me and we all hugged and wept and remembered those good old days when we were all together and we all Prayed Together. And then they all left. None of them attended this church any longer. Many of them did not even attend church, although they would assure you that they were Christians.
The anemic young lad who was pastor of the church moved about the back of the room, not looking anyone in the eye or bothering to introduce himself.
I couldn't help but wonder what he thought about his role in the death of this family friendly place.
Curious Carl
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