Do you practice religion?

daily writing prompt #1

wordpress do this daily writng prompt. I figured i might use it as a writing exercise. give you content other than the Open Journal stuff. Light relief. Ponderings. Ambling amongst the angst. What harm can it do. i might not do it every day. it might not be very long.

Do you practice religion?

Little bit. Now & then. In an odd kind of way.

I started off with church. Various types over quite a few years from about the age of 19. It was never a good fit. I liked leather jackets and smoking cigarettes they liked disapproving of me and reprimanding me. I learnt to ignore them.

I was part of a theatre company. I toured and performed and wrote stuff. I challenged and annoyed in equal measure. I was opinionated, often wrong, loud at the wrong moments, and armed with too many questions. 

Eventually I kind of gave up on it a bit. I was still around church but my disdain had developed into active dislike bordering on hate for all they stood for.

Casually and without really meaning to I happened across an eclectic group of artistic creative people who were meeting in a pub every week and debating and arguing. The bible was the starting point but in those early years it degenerated into a weekly rant about all that was wrong with church leadership and why none of us would ever go back.

Anyway, roll forward about twenty years and that same group had seen a book featuring themselves top the christian bestsellers list for a few years, had influenced and changed the landscape of the church. Debated and squabbled with all and sundry. I stuck with them and had a blast. 

So yeah I practise religion. I mean not in a church or anything. Church and I are not a good fit. 

But I do kinda miss Holy Joes.