You Know You’re Churched If…

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Last week I wrote about Matthew Paul Turner’s new book Churched (which is amazing by the way, buy it here) and did a little contest to give a copy away. I got a much larger and funnier response than I had anticipated.

I asked you to finish this sentence, “I was/am so churched…” with a true/partly-true or humorous illustration about just how churched you were growing up. Sometimes it’s kinda fun to laugh about how far we’ve come in our walk with God.

It was hard to choose the winner out of all the hilarious comments but here are some of my favorites. The first and second place will both receive copies of Churched.

1st Place:
I’m so churched I was born there…well, almost. My mom’s water broke while at the piano playing “I’ll Fly Away”. She was back at that same piano playing “Love Lifted Me” less than 24 hours later – Shanda

2nd Place:
I’m so churched that when picking out a shirt to buy I still wonder if it will pass the “can’t be lower than four fingers width from your collarbone” test. – Jennifer Bergey

Honorable Mentions:

I am so churched… I can recite the 1st, 3rd and 4th lines of the hail mary to the tune of ‘jehovah jirah’ all while alternating between the holy hop & the kick skip dance. – Carolyn Mejia

I am/was so churched I asked for flannel-graphed walls instead of wallpaper in my room as a kid so that I could do my own illustrated Bible stories. – Brian Becker

I’m so churched I have signed 35 True Love Waits cards – Josh Brickey

I was so churched that I knew the distinctive flavors of 100 different casseroles before most kids my age were off of their bottles. – Danny Eiler

I’m so churched that I played the part of “God” in a referee shirt in a dramatic reenactment to the song, “The Champion” by Carmen. – Jason Salamun

I’m was so churched I bought, laid at the altar, and re-bought Collective Soul’s “Gel” album three times! – Brett

I’m so churched Bill Gaither is STILL my homeboy – Aaron Jackson (I love this picture)

I was so churched I didn’t know my wife had knees until we got married. – Nick Carnes

I’m so churched I proposed to my wife before Sunday service in the Senior Pastor’s office. Romantic huh? – Bryan McGee

Read the rest of the entries here and pick up Matthew’s new book here.

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October 22, 2008

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1 Jennifer Bergey said:

Thank you, Brad.

It’s awesome that my memory of a particularly legalistic time in my life just won me a book of someone else’s journey out of legalism. SCORE.

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October 22, 2008

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2 Bryan McGee said:

I’m so churched that I know Aaron shot his picture on the second floor of the Gwinnett Center in Atlanta. That makes me CataChurched… Get it?… Catalyst + Church… nevermind. I know I’m an idiot.

Here’s my real one.

I’m so churched I proposed to my wife before Sunday service in the Senior Pastor’s office. Romantic huh?
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October 22, 2008

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3 Abbey said:

Wow, we had a rendition of “The Champion” in our church a couple of months ago…I guess the good things never die! lol
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October 22, 2008

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4 Brad Ruggles said:

@Jennifer – And who said legalism never pays?

@Bryan – Now THAT is worth adding to the list. Wow.
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October 22, 2008

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5 Aaron said:

Thanks for the shout-out Brad, LOL!
@Bryan McGee, Good eye, bro!
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October 22, 2008

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6 nancy said:

Some of those quotes are down right scary!

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October 22, 2008

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7 Brian Becker said:

this is keeper material. It was fun to join in!

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8 Brian Becker said:

oh…and I thought I’d add – I’m STILL so churched I think that four finger rule is a good rule!

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October 22, 2008

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9 carolyn said:

honored you mentioned… there’s some funny stuff in there. it’s a wonder we’re all still at this at all.
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October 22, 2008

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10 Shanda said:

I just called my mom to let her know that her extreme dedication to her commitment to the church piano won me a book. She was happy to oblige. And seriously, I was not exaggerating. Except it was Nothing but the Blood not Love lifted me….

Thanks!
I’m just glad I delayed the gratification of buying it myself when Anne posted about it.

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October 23, 2008

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11 Sam Frederick said:

I thought my,

“I’m so churched that I thought Carman was one of the disciples.”

was a winner….then I read what everybody else wrote and realized I didn’t even rank. There are some very funny people that read your blog….and very churched too!
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12 Nick said:

That was a lot of fun. I went to my parent’s house last weekend and we did the whole “I am/was so churched…” bit the whole weekend.

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October 23, 2008

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13 Shane Padgett said:

I’m so churched that…well I’m not. I enjoy being the Church! Brad, that is one funny post. I might use that in a message. I’ll be sure to use you site…bradruggles.com
-shane

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