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Severe threadjack:
On Sunday I went to meeting for the first time in quite a while. I found myself irritated when the silent worship was interrupted by people coming in late, by people sniffling loudly, and by the fact that the children came in from First Day school with about 15 minutes left in meeting and were very disruptive. I thought about this a lot.
When I got out of meeting I went and had lunch with a friend, who had skipped church because there was a children's pagent that would mean, among other things, that there would be no communion that day. He said that communion was more important than some stupid children's pagent.
I thought about both those things and realized how against the spirit of Christ these sentiments were. Religion should be taken seriously, but it doesn't have to be solemn and joyless.
Back on topic:
My mother works with disabled persons; in fact, many of my friends have fathers or mothers or sisters who work with the disabled. One of my best friends has a severely autistic brother, and I have done service work with disabled people. It's very, very hard. You have to be incredibly patient. Sweeping the less fortunate under the rug is a pretty universal action, because no one wants to be bothered. So, I agree with Mephisto. Make the effort.
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