while we have gone to a conveniently located, wee baptist church here in town the last two sunday mornings, I am reluctant to visit again tomorrow. how quickly my fervor is squelched due to my insatiable need to speak honestly and expect honest answers. I kid you not ... if you have never yet had the priviledge to witness my talent in this area for yourself, you will not fully comprehend how many hopes I can have dashed in only one conversation. hopes, that is, of actually finding someone who not only respects what I "do', but also comes across as at least a tiny bit supportive (read: not repulsed).
last weekend was the local hick-fair and we enjoyed it very much. we had an opportunity to meet and converse with the pastor of the church we had attended the prior week. the pastor was on vacation so a visiting guy spoke. I liked the pastor well enough as he is on the young side and seemed to laugh a little at enough of the things I said to make much hope arise in me, that is until ...
you know, I have to say it still baffles me how many Christian folk actually take the time to confront me about my homeschooling practices. seriously. why would someone who knows and believes and follows Christ even wonder to themselves, let alone out loud, why I homeschool?
this young pastor, and father of one child, actually questioned why I would homeschool in the first place, not to mention even consider homeschooling past grade eight. not only did he not agree with our education choice, but he did not comprehend it either. I am also quite convinced that everything I said to him in response went in one ear and completely out the other. which is not to say that I believe every single child on this planet ought to be homeschooled ... (pausing to imagine this concept) ... but it would be nice, truly nice, to find just one pastor around these here parts that did not look at me like I was doing something utterly ridiculous and incomprehensible.
perhaps it is conviction
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