{"id":59162,"date":"2015-10-30T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/?p=59162"},"modified":"2015-11-01T17:04:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T00:04:40","slug":"friday-frivolity-why-i-quit-attending-sports-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/restlesspilgrim.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/friday-frivolity-why-i-quit-attending-sports-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Frivolity: Why I quit attending sports events"},"content":{"rendered":"

12 Reasons Why a Pastor Quit Attending Sports Events<\/h3>\n

1. The coach never came to visit me.<\/p>\n

2. Every time I went, they asked me for money.<\/p>\n

3. The people sitting in my row didn\u2019t seem very friendly.<\/p>\n

4. The seats were very hard.<\/p>\n

5. The referees made a decision I didn\u2019t agree with.<\/p>\n

6. I was sitting with hypocrites\u2014they only came to see what others were wearing!<\/p>\n

7. Some games went into overtime and I was late getting home.<\/p>\n

8. The band played some songs I had never heard before.<\/p>\n

9. The games are scheduled on my only day to sleep in and run errands.<\/p>\n

10. My parents took me to too many games when I was growing up.<\/p>\n

11. Since I read a book on sports, I feel that I know more than the coaches, anyway.<\/p>\n

12. I don\u2019t want to take my children because I want them to choose for themselves what sport they like best.<\/p>\n

\"Sports\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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