The Church is the People
Picture a church basement classroom. Small children sitting side by side cross-legged on a mat, looking up at a teacher as she squats precariously on the edge of a much too small child's chair. She instructs them to hold their hands up in front of them, interlacing their fingers together, index fingers touching to form a steeple, thumbs forming the doors and they sing; the church is not a building, the church is not a steeple, the church is not a resting place, the church is the people. They open their thumbs and wiggle their fingers and instil in their minds the visual representation of how the people they meet on Sunday are the integral part of church, not the building. In that moment the church become a relationship instead of an institution. The church is the people. "David was allowed to keep Bathsheba." Our pastor says when he is asked to step down in the wake of the discovery of his affair. He is David in this story, I suppose. She...
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ReplyDeleteRachel, this post truly broke my heart. Assuming that the majority of women who choose abortion are using it as an "alternative" to birth control is incredibly small minded.
I terminated a pregnancy last year. I was on birth control and I still got pregnant.
And do not for one second think that my partner and I didn't agonize over that decision.
This post makes me sad for the future of this country.
I did not intend to suggest that all abortions are done as an alternative to using birth control. I have however known a few women that have seen it as just that. There were girls that I both worked with and went to school with that never gave a thought to using any form of birth control at all but just assumed it would never happen to them. I know that there can be some very difficult and agonizing decisions for women to make and I know that not everyone is as flippant about is as a few of the people I have come across. I had mostly hoped by posting this it might cause some to think about this a little more seriously than they have. I'm sorry to have hurt you with my opinion. I do still hold to my believe though that these babies are human lives and their well being should have some consideration. I am sure that the laws will not change and I know that to change them would most likely result in more harm being done by women attempting to abort themselves. For that reason I think it should remain legal but I do think there needs to be at least some sort of trimester restriction.
ReplyDeleteI hope that this will not change your opinion of me as a person and I also want you to know that even if I did know who this post was from it would not change my opinion of you.