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Date: 27 August 2005 00:29:53
The Youth Group talk went well, after a few of moments of initial brain malfunction I got on track and did okay. Afterwards I got a couple of pieces of positive feedback which I really appreciated. I'd like to do more of it, I think.
We had a How-To-Host-a-Murder party last night for a friend's birthday. These are parties where you arrive in character and get a script that you have to play to for the night: someone has been murdered and all the guests are suspects. Huge roast beef dinner with lots of veg and even Yorkshire Puddings (never made them before) followed by the world's best trifle made it a very memorable evening.
One thing that got me thinking was that our housemate Des came, and her character turned out to be the floozy - there's always at least one - but she was by far the youngest, sweetest and most innocent person there. To her credit, she did well and didn't get too embarrassed. It made me think about my friends. They are all very mature. I don't mean that they don't laugh at stupid jokes or do silly things, because we do - one guy turned up with a gorilla suit on last night - but we've all done tertiary education to various degrees, most of us more than one qualification, even. One of our circle will be a doctor by the end of the year - not medical but a PhD type. We talk about books we've read and current affairs over red wine, make sophisticated wordplay jokes, and enjoy the game of trying to figure out who the murderer is by following the clues. I love my friends. I wish I saw them more often.
The thing is, I don't know anyone like that in our church. I spend far more time with people from there, and I love them as well and get along great with them, but we don't share the same passions when it comes to 'secular' interests. There's only a few who are as educated, especially in my age group. Sometimes I feel very out of it in my church group, although I must admit not as much any more as I did when I first started going a few years ago. I have a great time with my church mates, but I enjoy the intellectual stimulation of my other friends too. Both alignments alienate me from the other.
I guess, in the end, it comes down to a statement I have made before, a statement that I think encapsulates my life: I am tragically balanced. Nothing to do about it but sigh and move on.
*sigh*