Comments on: I couldn’t make it to church because… https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/ A Husband, Father, Youth Pastor, Geek, and Jesus Freak Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nick the Geek https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1099 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:30:54 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1099 In reply to Helen.

*sigh* yeah it is frustrating to deal with parents, but I try to show them the kind of respect I want their kids to show them. It can be very hard.

]]> By: Nick the Geek https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1098 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:29:15 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1098 In reply to Nic at Nite.

Honestly I’m not sure how much TV my students watch. They talk abut shows from time to time but I think most of them Hulu over DVR.

]]> By: Nick the Geek https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1097 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:28:21 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1097 In reply to Sharkbait.

I forgot about that. I swear 95% of my students must think church is closed on Sunday.

]]> By: Nick the Geek https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1096 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:27:47 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1096 In reply to Ally.

You’re right. There are some teachers that create absurd amounts of homework all the time, but most students I know that have used this excuse just didn’t plan ahead.

]]> By: Nick the Geek https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1095 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:26:49 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1095 In reply to Amber.

Yeah but despite your ride situation you make it more than many, if not most.

]]> By: Nick the Geek https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1094 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:26:07 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1094 In reply to Candy.

Yeah I want to skip when I’m too tired form tweeting all night. Nasty habit.

]]> By: Helen https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1093 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:31:10 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1093 Yep. I hear the “Parents don’t want to take me excuse” al the time. I have 9 yos, so the others don’t really apply. I tell them to examine their own hearts to determine if they really did the best they could to honor both God and their parents. If the answer is yes, to remind them that God reads their hearts and know that. (they are 9 yos….they are not coming on their own…) If the answer is not really, then I guide them to times and television stations they can view the Mass on t.v. While these programs are meant for “shut ins”, I figure kids obeying parents and staying home should qualify.

]]> By: Nic at Nite https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1092 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:58:35 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1092 You forgot to add one that I heard all the time in youth group. “My favorite TV show is on during that time.” I guess this one has faded out now that there is DVR but it was still an excuse.

I haven’t been to church in two weeks though since we’ve been moving.

]]> By: Sharkbait https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1091 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:56:21 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1091 … I didn’t know they were open on a Sunday.

]]> By: Ally https://nickgeek.com/i-couldnt-make-it-to-church-because/#comment-1090 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:56:23 +0000 http://nickgeek.com/?p=917#comment-1090 in regards to #7 – if you’re talking Wednesday night youth service, it really could be. I was lucky by the time I hit highschool I was in a christian school that had a no homework on wednesday policy – but I remember 5th grade, my math teacher routinely sent us home with a ton of math homework that we did not have time to do in class, and my dad would go on up to church and my mother would stay home with me to talk me through the homework because by that point I was crying about being late to church because of the homework, which wasn’t real conducive to finishing it either…

so point being – #7 can be true – at least regarding Wednesday nights…

(then again I was an odd child… my parents almost grounded me from youth group once – not because they thought it was bad (not at all – half the time before then my parents were my sunday school teachers and everything else, my dad even worked with the youth himself for a while), but because it was really the only social life I had and thus the only thing they could actually ground me from)

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