Friday Frivolity: Why I quit attending sports events
12 Reasons Why a Pastor Quit Attending Sports Events
1. The coach never came to visit me.
2. Every time I went, they asked me for money.
3. The people sitting in my row didn’t seem very friendly.
4. The seats were very hard.
5. The referees made a decision I didn’t agree with.
6. I was sitting with hypocrites—they only came to see what others were wearing!
7. Some games went into overtime and I was late getting home.
8. The band played some songs I had never heard before.
9. The games are scheduled on my only day to sleep in and run errands.
10. My parents took me to too many games when I was growing up.
11. Since I read a book on sports, I feel that I know more than the coaches, anyway.
12. I don’t want to take my children because I want them to choose for themselves what sport they like best.
I really like the overall point. I dislike a couple of the individual points because I object to the idea that sitting in pews not knowing the people next to you is really church. Still, the overall point and the majority of the individual ones are great.
I would say that it’s arguing against the idea that the value of church is exclusively found in the social aspect of the gathering…perhaps it’s even the primary reason for going.