'How 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' hit me again in my 50s'
My parents were in the adjoining kitchen, my mom likely stirring whatever Indian food she was making for the evening.
Margaret’s story is about how, after moving to a new city, she realized her parents’ interfaith marriage had left her without a religious affiliation. Her quandary revolved around belonging: Is she Christian, like her mom? Or Jewish, like her dad? Does she belong at the Y, with friends Nancy and Janie? Or at the Jewish Community Center with Gretchen? Her paternal grandma, Sylvia, takes her to synagogue to meet the rabbi. Her maternal grandparents want her to meet a minister.
All of my friends belonged to church communities that had thriving programming. Ever the social extrovert, I was always game to attend whatever I was invited to. And I was invited to it all: Youth groups, festivals, choir, vacation Bible school, church camp. I was equal-opportunity: If you were getting me out of the house on a Wednesday night or Sunday morning or a week in the summer, I didn’t care what denomination you were.
My parents did not love what they called my “gallivanting around town” to this-or-that church and, at the time, I didn’t realize how they must have felt threatened. It all came to a head when I was about 12 and came home from a Wednesday night at First Baptist Church to ask a very big question:My mother got visibly upset and asked me in a serious tone, “Do you want to convert to Christianity?”
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