my life! Quite honestly, I would ask much more of Jill than a weekly meeting, but the sheer notion of somehow getting caught up in something she couldn't get out of, worried her. The thought of a regular weekly commitment was disturbing a young 23 year old. I don't think that would be abnormal for someone like her. Its a comment that is worth paying attention to, especially for those of us who have grown up believing weekly church attendance to be a fairly normal thing to do. I don't think there is anywhere in society where we make a weekly commitment and follow thru on it for the rest of our lives. (I realise that for many these days 'regular church attendance' is fortnightly or even every 3 weeks.) When I say I would ask much more than a weekly meeting, I mean that I would be asking Jill to become committed to a community of people -- to go way beyond fronting up once a week and to form significant give & take relationships. That is even harder and at times it makes me despair for the future of a faith that is inherently communal. (I really don't believe you can live the life Jesus calls us to outside of a faith community.) Jill explained that she probably would go to church with her mum (on her birthday) but her apprehension was clear. I wonder how many more are like her? It makes me wonder how (if) we