Thinking about church a bit this week. So many of us were brought up going to church. I certainly was.

My childhood church was not terrible. It was a mainstream Methodist church and although some ministers were better than others (like some presidents are better than others [snort]), it wasn’t a bad place to be. I loved the singing and the Sunday School activities. Still. Early on, I figgered out that there was a lot of crapola going on.

There was the time that my poor beleaguered mother, trying hard to fit in at the church, was helping set up the coffee hour that happened after church. Me (five) and my brother (two) were running around creating havoc in the church kitchen, which was underneath the nave or whatever it is (xword word). Leatha, an old biddy busybody tried to defuse the situation by gathering me and my brother together and telling us that Jesus was watching us. I don’t think my brother understood a word of it. I just thought it wasn’t true. Jesus (if he existed), didn’t give a crap about us, couldn’t see us, and wasn’t watching us mix it up in the Sault Ste. Siberia Methodist church kitchen. My mom needed help down in that f*ckin’ kitchen and Leatha was not help.

Years and years later when I was an adult, I mentioned Leatha’s name to a bunch of my mom’s friends and they guffawed. They had no more respect for her than I did. I know why people don’t tell 5-year-olds stuff like that but still. Why don’t they tell 5-year-olds stuff like that? There are ways to do it politely.

So what is your church? I think the GG’s church is the North Country Trail, even though he is Catholic by birth and upbringing. Mine I guess is the moominbeach.

When I searched for “church” in photos, this pic came up. Does it look like a church to you? It doesn’t look like a church to me.

P.S. I did learn about the golden rule in Sunday School. I believe in it and try to live by it. But it shouldn’t just be for “Christians”. It should be for EVERYONE on the Planet. Trump, take a note.

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