{"id":241,"date":"2013-10-08T13:51:39","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T18:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro\/?p=241"},"modified":"2013-10-08T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T18:51:39","slug":"im-religious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/decastro\/2013\/10\/im-religious\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Religious"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Kelsey<\/a>

Kelsey Ann<\/p><\/div>\n

My daughter Kelsey is going to be 15 years old this week. \u00a0She is an elite soccer player and takes this passion very seriously. \u00a0Recently her practices were changed to Wednesday nights. \u00a0This put Kelsey in a difficult situation. \u00a0She loves her youth group on Wednesday nights but also knows that in order to keep advancing on her competitive soccer team she needs to be at practices. \u00a0She took it upon herself to talk to the coach and come up with a compromise. \u00a0She will attend practice every other Wednesday and go to church when she isn’t at practice. \u00a0She made this decision knowing that she could be penalized for missing practice and knowing that penalty could be running before practices on Monday as well as limiting some of her playing time. \u00a0Recently one of her team mates asked her about missing on Wednesdays.<\/p>\n

She said “I’m religious<\/strong><\/em> so I go to church on the Wednesday’s that why I miss practice”. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Her team mate..said “What? \u00a0You miss for church<\/span><\/em>”<\/p>\n

Kelsey replied…“I like being religious”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

In my generation being “religious<\/span>” was a BAD WORD! \u00a0You would say…”I’m not religious<\/span>…I have a relationship with Jesus. \u00a0Or you could say I’m not religious<\/span>…I am a CHRISTian. \u00a0Christ Like! \u00a0“religious<\/span>” was a word to be defensive of and somewhat argumentative.<\/p>\n

When my teenage daughter said she was “religious<\/span>” with pride and somewhat of a banner it really took me by surprise. \u00a0What was she really saying? She was saying exactly what she meant. She was saying she is COMMITTED! \u00a0She didn’t have to use the jargon and politically correct term MY generation had to use. \u00a0She was direct…to the point…and unashamed!<\/p>\n

Well done Kelsey! \u00a0Well done.<\/p>\n

\"Kelsey<\/a>

Kelsey DeCastro #21<\/p><\/div>\n

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