Friday, August 10, 2007
the burden of chapel
So I was poking through Myspace looking at pages belonging to KCC alumni (They call it KCU these days, but I can't make it stick in my head) and I found this picture titled "The Burden of Chapel."
It belongs to some kid named Brian. I asked him if I could post it because it's so awesome.
That building in the background is KCC's chapel. When you attend KCC you have to go to chapel every Tuesday and Friday. It used to be that you couldn't wear jeans. I think Charley The Intern told me that's not the case anymore. If you wore jeans you'd get a demerit. After something like 25 demerits there was a cash fine. After my freshman year I think I wore jeans to every chapel service. I don't remember having to pay many fines, though. I must not have gotten caught much.
Anyway, Chapel was indeed a burden - as any compulsory religious activity usually is. I don't doubt the good intentions of it's founders or it's benefits given the right attitude or circumstances, but I was a poorly motivated jackass when I was in college so I naturally missed out on any of that. I simply wasn't willing to give anyone the benefit of the doubt if they told me I "had" to do something. At 34 I'm still not real fond of that kind of thing, I guess.
Anyway, the picture brought back a lot of memories and emotions. I'm happy to be at St. Awesome's these days where I attend not out of compulsion but out of desire. It makes a world of difference.
I miss the pictures of Lindsey Lohan and Jessica Alba. Man you are going soft...
Trust me, if I could find a picture of Jessica Alba or Lindsey Lohan smoking in front of the KCC chapel, I'd post it.
Your feelings towards chapel are similar to my feelings towards smoking and drinking...when I attended UK, it was mandatory and boy did I resent having to do it everyday. College was though....from what I remember.
Looking at that last sentence I'm doubting you even went to college.
I'm boudting it too.
See what I did just there...I proved your point.
I'm a jeanius.
i'm laughing so hard right now at the past comments...and bret i remember you hanging out in front of the college of ed. with all the 'mandatory' stuff.
i do give an "amen" to the mandatory chapel. i do remember skipping it frequently to go to the gap outlet.
from,
a CBC alum (or shall i now say Cincinnati Bible Universtiy) what's up with all the name changes!?
They had a name for guys like you down at Florida Christian College. I think it was, um..."cool." I wish I was more like you. I was too busy taking part in the festivities on stage to smoke. Crap, why couldn't I have gone to KCC(U)?
Are you mocking me?
I think you're mocking me.
Stop mocking me!
Patrick -
GG showed me your blog after Mrs. GG's birthday. I had to post when I saw this one b/c I'm not only a KCC alum but I also went to high school with that guy in the picture. His name is Brian Burden - which just makes the title all the more appropriate.
I'm also wishing I had known it was that easy to wear jeans to chapel...
Kerry
That fact that his last name is Burden made my eyes go all glassy and made me say, "Whoa..."
I think Mr. G was inclined to give me a break on the jeans. Was Mr. G still there when you went?
Glad you popped in Kerry, feel free to stick around.
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It belongs to some kid named Brian. I asked him if I could post it because it's so awesome.
That building in the background is KCC's chapel. When you attend KCC you have to go to chapel every Tuesday and Friday. It used to be that you couldn't wear jeans. I think Charley The Intern told me that's not the case anymore. If you wore jeans you'd get a demerit. After something like 25 demerits there was a cash fine. After my freshman year I think I wore jeans to every chapel service. I don't remember having to pay many fines, though. I must not have gotten caught much.
Anyway, Chapel was indeed a burden - as any compulsory religious activity usually is. I don't doubt the good intentions of it's founders or it's benefits given the right attitude or circumstances, but I was a poorly motivated jackass when I was in college so I naturally missed out on any of that. I simply wasn't willing to give anyone the benefit of the doubt if they told me I "had" to do something. At 34 I'm still not real fond of that kind of thing, I guess.
Anyway, the picture brought back a lot of memories and emotions. I'm happy to be at St. Awesome's these days where I attend not out of compulsion but out of desire. It makes a world of difference.
I miss the pictures of Lindsey Lohan and Jessica Alba. Man you are going soft...
Trust me, if I could find a picture of Jessica Alba or Lindsey Lohan smoking in front of the KCC chapel, I'd post it.
Your feelings towards chapel are similar to my feelings towards smoking and drinking...when I attended UK, it was mandatory and boy did I resent having to do it everyday. College was though....from what I remember.
Looking at that last sentence I'm doubting you even went to college.
I'm boudting it too.
See what I did just there...I proved your point.
I'm a jeanius.
i'm laughing so hard right now at the past comments...and bret i remember you hanging out in front of the college of ed. with all the 'mandatory' stuff.
i do give an "amen" to the mandatory chapel. i do remember skipping it frequently to go to the gap outlet.
from,
a CBC alum (or shall i now say Cincinnati Bible Universtiy) what's up with all the name changes!?
They had a name for guys like you down at Florida Christian College. I think it was, um..."cool." I wish I was more like you. I was too busy taking part in the festivities on stage to smoke. Crap, why couldn't I have gone to KCC(U)?
Are you mocking me?
I think you're mocking me.
Stop mocking me!
Patrick -
GG showed me your blog after Mrs. GG's birthday. I had to post when I saw this one b/c I'm not only a KCC alum but I also went to high school with that guy in the picture. His name is Brian Burden - which just makes the title all the more appropriate.
I'm also wishing I had known it was that easy to wear jeans to chapel...
Kerry
That fact that his last name is Burden made my eyes go all glassy and made me say, "Whoa..."
I think Mr. G was inclined to give me a break on the jeans. Was Mr. G still there when you went?
Glad you popped in Kerry, feel free to stick around.
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