My online muse sent a message last night asking the following question. “What snack would you eat right now?” As luck would have it, I did not have to ponder the question as my answer was staring me in the face.

Yep, it was “Cake and Pie” night at choir practice. That is the night we celebrate the birthdays of choir members or other Music Ministry volunteers and staff born that month.

In this case, we were celebrating December and January birthdays due to the Christmas and New Year holidays. So there were many birthdays to celebrate and thousands of calories to consume.

Of course, I shared this photo last night with a much shorter explanation. Today, I wanted to share something else.

For years, I was somewhat skeptical of any organized religion. When someone asked me about religion, church, or God, my standard response was a bit offputting. I would say, usually rather tersely, “I don’t bother Him, and He doesn’t bother me.”

My problem was I did not understand what people thought they found in religion. I felt they were weak and needed a crutch. Either that, or they used the church to make themselves feel better and look better to their community and friends.

Today, I am heavily involved in my church and do not fear sharing my beliefs with others. That is why I sing in the choir and volunteer in other ways. As some of my friends have commented, I am one of the most changed people they’ve ever known. I’d love to take credit for the change, but the only thing I did was let down my walls so I could see what others saw in the Bible, their churches, and their believer friends.

Maybe I’m just drinking the Kool-Aid, or maybe there is something to all this “Christian” stuff. All I know is that thirty years ago, I walked back into a church with an open mind. Those thirty years have been some of the best years of my life.

That is especially true of my fourteen years in the choir; helping others worship in song is sweeter than all the cake and pie one could eat in their lifetime!

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