Church

I don't talk about religion a lot, with anyone.  I grew up in church, went to a Lutheran college for a year, but took a break from actually going for a long time.  I would go because my family wanted me to go or because I felt like I should go, but was often bored or didn't really want to be there.  That's started to change in the last few years.  I never had the desire to go to church in Minneapolis.  In Bellevue, I started thinking about it, but never made the effort to go.  I made the effort to go today.  With everything that's going on, I want a place to go that I feel like I belong.  I went to a UCC church today.  I hated it.  It was a really small congregation and the sermon felt like it had a lot of inside jokes.  I actually spent the first part of the service in tears.  I wanted to leave after about 20 minutes, but I didn't.  I'm glad I didn't, but I don't think I'll go back there.  I've spent the last while looking at other churches online.  I think I'm going to go to an ELCA church next.  I found one that looks somewhat big.  I want a bigger church and one that's more familiar.  The one today felt very foreign.  It's amazing what a pastor can do.  I always like listening to Steve at the UCC church in Vermillion, so much more than the people at Trinity.  I liked Greg at Trinity the best, and when he left, the church definitely changed.  I didn't feel comfortable anymore.  I know that it could take awhile to feel comfortable at a church here, but it has to be better somewhere else.