Reluctant Catholic Thoughts about the church and my faith.

Joining a parish

In big "Reluctant Catholic" news, I've decided to join a parish. This will be only the second time I've ever personally made the decision to make my membership "official." The first time was because a close friend of mine was a priest at the parish. So, I guess in this case, it's really the first time I've made the decision free of pressure. I'm doing it for two reasons:

• First, I'd like to be held a little more accountable. I'm normally good with commitments I make, so this type of commitment should help me attend more regularly.
• Second, I'd like to start tithing. I've never actually done the whole 10% thing, but (as you can see in my previous post) I'd like to start to work on my selfishness. I think one way to do that is tithing. So, I bit the bullet and signed up for automatic fund withdraws each month. (That's painful - I can't even skip church to save money now.)

So, it's kind of a new chapter for me. Let's see how it goes.