Response to the story in class

Church

Church is a crucial part of alot of people's lives. In this story, the place where the family lived was big in the Bible. The author kept talking about the stories from the Bible they would tell. One being the swine and the lunatic. It seemed to give the author a reason for his father being a drunk. He was possessed. He looked at it as if his father was possessed, who would help him? You find it hard to believe that nobody knew. I would think someone in your church could see what was going on. Maybe they did and and just thought it was none of their business. Then again maybe they just did not care. Although in a church,you would think they would be the most caring. I think it's a shame they did not tell anyone. Who knows what they could have done. In my opinion, I would need to tell someone or it would eat me up. To have someone to talk to or someone to just be there for me. Christians are supposed to help one another. Everyone is, but you would think they would especially.

The way the author keeps talking about the Bible stories almost makes me wonder if they told specific stories like that on purpose. If maybe the ministers knew or had an inclination about what was going on. I know when I had things going on in my life , everyone tried to help me. But then again they were told ( most of the time) what was going on. The mother in way reminds me of my Mother. When all this stuff has been going on with my Dad she did not want to tell anyone. We told our immediate family, ofcourse. But as far as others we tried to keep it on teh down low. So in a sense I can see where they might be coming from. Still, I think it can be good to let people know.