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Feb. 1st, 2003 12:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
terrypurple73Yesterday was the longest day ever, but it wasn’t even all bad. Not really bad at all, actually. The best part was definitely the conversation after the Amnesty meeting. Vicky, Colin, and I were the only members there, and after we were done making posters, we sat around and TALKED. And it was GOOD. We had the much-needed “God Talk,” something I have been wanting to have with Colin for seriously a year. The three of us sprawled out on the couches in lower St. John’s, and we talked about theology. We talked about why we believe in God, or why we don’t. Or the questions and problems that those of us who have that faith find ourselves facing. It was a conversation I have been needing to have, not only with those two, but also for myself. I got to express how I feel, and the convictions I have, and I was asked for examples, and I even could think of some. How do I believe God has played a part in my life? How have I seen God step in and influence how my life has played out? Ken (from the CCSJ, our staff person for Amnesty) even dropped in for part of the talk, and he stayed and continued the conversation with us. He jumped in, and I liked hearing what he had to say. I was surprised by a fair amount of it, but not really in a bad way. I guess I’d assumed his faith was a lot stronger than the faith he was expressing last night. When you work in an office grounded in Catholic Social Teaching, and one of your bosses has a master of divinity, or whatever the official title is, I guess you make assumptions about his faith. But he shared a lot of the same questions and doubts that Colin did, and that was interesting to hear and talk about. I liked talking with Victoria about things, as well, because that’s not something we do often. Heck, it’s really not something I do often with very many people at all. That’s part of the reason it’s taken so long for the three of us to have this discussion- it’s not easy to plop yourself down next to a friend and say, “So, tell me about your faith life. Do you believe in a God? How come? What about….” That’s not something that happens often, and I sometimes wish it did. I liked being able to talk about it. I liked being able to have someone to say these things to. I liked learning about how my friends’ minds work. And it turns out, I have similar doubts to Ken and Colin, but in different ways. And it turns out, I have a lot in common with Vicky about the strengths of our faiths.
The talk just felt so right, so much like the atmosphere I loved last year when the three of us would hang out. I loved it, and I appreciated it, and I want to talk it over more with Vicky tomorrow night.
I also hung out with Taylor tonight, and that was a good time. Nothing too eventful, we watched “Maverick,” and then he had to go to his RA rounds. I found myself a ride home, and here I am. But it was nice to spend some time with him, catch up a little. I like the fact that I think I can consider him a friend now, someone with whom I have catching up to actually do. I really didn’t know him before this New Orleans trip, and I really do appreciate someone else in my life who is interested in knowing what’s going on, etc.
The talk just felt so right, so much like the atmosphere I loved last year when the three of us would hang out. I loved it, and I appreciated it, and I want to talk it over more with Vicky tomorrow night.
I also hung out with Taylor tonight, and that was a good time. Nothing too eventful, we watched “Maverick,” and then he had to go to his RA rounds. I found myself a ride home, and here I am. But it was nice to spend some time with him, catch up a little. I like the fact that I think I can consider him a friend now, someone with whom I have catching up to actually do. I really didn’t know him before this New Orleans trip, and I really do appreciate someone else in my life who is interested in knowing what’s going on, etc.
