SCL moment

Some of you may read the blog "Stuff Christians Like". I feel like I just lived a moment right out of the pages of Prodigal Jon's cyber-world.

Jay has been away for a few days so it's just me and Laina holding down the fort here. There is this church literally 5 minutes up the street from out house that has a couple Saturday evening services. I won't be able to go to our normal church in the morning because we'll be picking up Jay from the airport. Jay and I had been to this church right up the street before, a couple years ago when we were first looking for a church in the Denver area. There were some things we liked and some things we didn't, so we kept on our church hunt. We found our current church and it really felt like home, so we settled in. Now with a kid and 2 years later, I often drive by this closer church and, knowing they have Saturday services that work fantastically with Laina's schedule, keep thinking we need to give it a second chance. So, with Jay gone, I thought it would be the perfect time for me to go check it out again.

I got Laina settled into the right classroom, headed into the sanctuary, and immediately remembered why we didn't feel at home there. It feels very "over-produced" and they have camera people all over the place filming. It's pretty distracting. I got a seat and seriously could not focus, there were so many things I was critical of. I'm not saying this to talk bad about the church. It really is a wonderful church with hundreds if not thousands of attenders. They are obviously doing something right. I am saying it because I know this is an area that I need to work on in my life - being critical.

So about half way into the service, I think in my head, "oh my gosh, I'm totally here for free childcare!" That's the SCL moment. I'm pretty sure there is a post about using church for free childcare on his blog somewhere in the archives. The message ended up being good and I was glad I went and didn't completely feel like I was "using" the church, but it was still funny to me.

There you have it - my real-life Stuff Christians Like moment.