Convert

So that left only the Craig Hegle Gang, and the former members of the Pat Roger Gang seemed from then on, to-be pretty much non-existent. And of course we got another Pastor but I remember nothing of him.

In terms of these church affairs, there is not much that really stands out in all those years. Things like getting to Sunday School and nobody there, because my brother and I were an hour early, forgetting that daylight savings had changed the time. For many years it was Sunday School, Bible School, sometimes summer Bible Camp in Wisconsin, Luther League, confirmation, church service. And more than that my best friend Chris, because his father was church janitor, I would spend time visiting him there where he would be helping his father. He could open any locked door in the church with a coat hanger, plus jimmy the coke machine. Doing all that church stuff was a requirement for living in my grandfather's house it could be said but wasn't, but my mother was not religious, so I really don't know. At any rate I got converted.

After becoming a Christian, the first thing I remember noticing was that I had a friend who was Catholic, and now I was not suppose to like him, because Catholics had different beliefs. The main thing that these Lutherans seemed to have a problem with, was there was not as much emphasis on prohibition and more emphasis on do it and then confess.

Quite frankly - am thinking I made the decision right there, the contradiction was so glaring and ridiculous, between what I knew my friend to be, and the way they would like to portray him, that I would never really take this stuff all that seriously.

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