I arrived, admittedly, two minutes late.
I started to open the double door leading into the sanctuary/auditorium/big-room, and immediately realized the pastor was in the middle of the opening prayer. I quickly closed the door.
I started quietly talking to the woman at the door handing out bulletins in the lobby.
I was effectively blocking the door.
A young woman, who I know, walked up to the door.
“They’re praying;” I told her.
And then, the unthinkable.
She replied, “I don’t care about that.”
She opened the door which sent some noise from the lobby into the auditorium. Some people in the back two rows turned toward the door to see what was causing the distraction.
I looked at the woman I had been talking to.
“I don’t care about that?” I whispered.
…Telling my wife the story later I realized what she meant was basically, ‘The fact he’s praying does not affect me. I don’t mind walking in and heading to my seat in the third row. His praying will not inconvenience me, because I don’t plan to wait for him to finish.’
But this is church.
Waiting is exactly what we once did in these situations.
Not any more, I guess.
At least for her.
Monday Link List
Rejected from the position of Wednesday List Lynx, this one wants to know if a mascot position for a Monday List Lynx is opening up.
Monday?
Because (a) there’s no law against it, and (b) some of these just couldn’t wait!
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