Yeah, preventing vandalism makes sense, but it does seem like a bit of shame to lock it all up. As for other options, the city I live in is relatively new, so I don't think there's a touristy kind of historic church to visit, but I haven't tried that angle, so maybe I'll check it out. I drove through a country town in the middle of nowhere recently and it looked like it had abandoned religious buildings of some sort, so there's another option I guess, or maybe I'll look around for some other kind of sacred place. Maybe ring a doorbell on the local church and see what happens, if I can bring myself to do that.
Anyway, the inclination to go see churches, and maybe join one, is a recent post-covidworld thing for me.
I thought it might help me:
- deal with isolation and estrangement. I'm middle-aged and prefer personal contact to electronic 'contact'. I don't do social media, or mobile phones (except for work), so I was already basically a hermit before covid came along, but afterwards, well. . .
- get some support/strategies for dealing with difficult personal/emotional stuff I was going through
- prepare to die on that hill I can sense coming up ahead
- get opportunities to help others, a pat on the head, and maybe some kindness
- experience something mystical/mysterious/spiritual and try to fill in some gaps that I can feel, like missing teeth, if I probe for them
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Re: Religious affiliation since the coof?
Date: 2023-04-28 02:09 am (UTC)Anyway, the inclination to go see churches, and maybe join one, is a recent post-covidworld thing for me.
I thought it might help me:
- deal with isolation and estrangement. I'm middle-aged and prefer personal contact to electronic 'contact'. I don't do social media, or mobile phones (except for work), so I was already basically a hermit before covid came along, but afterwards, well. . .
- get some support/strategies for dealing with difficult personal/emotional stuff I was going through
- prepare to die on that hill I can sense coming up ahead
- get opportunities to help others, a pat on the head, and maybe some kindness
- experience something mystical/mysterious/spiritual and try to fill in some gaps that I can feel, like missing teeth, if I probe for them
That's about it.
The Ninth Mouse