snafu

Isn't it funny that church service lands on Sunday's- the last day of the weekend stretch? Somehow, I find that it's hardly arbitrary and seems almost like a well thought-out, calculated arrangement. In Manhattan, it seems as though services (especially in churches where there's a thriving population of young adult church-goers) are even pushed back until the last tether of the weekend... usually in the late afternoon or evening.

I guess it offers us the option of having wild, unadulterated nights of drunken debauchery and promiscuity (usually starting from Thursdays) and the safe claim of being able to come to church for a thorough purging/repenting session.

I know this isn't what Christians are supposed to do. (As in living a completely double life and being a weekly prodigal son.) And church isn't designed for these purposes. But I wonder what it would be like if church was on Friday or Saturday instead. I think us heathens would benefit from it. With the sermon ringing freshly in our ears, I think we'd be just a tad bit more reluctant to engage in "unbiblical" acts and maybe think twice about indulging ourselves in the seductive NY nightlife. Who knows...