Posts in September 4, 2020

I was recently reading a list of questions to ask living family members about their family’s religious practices. The questions were geared towards determining what church the family attended, what denomination it was a part of, where it was located. All of those are good things to ask. There were some questions that might get the memories flowing as well: Did Grandma ever get mad at the pastor? Did Grandpa ever quit going to church? Did someone’s church attendance irritate other family members? Did Grandpa work on Sundays? Were there any funerals where the preacher really called out the deceased for their lifestyle? I can think of a relative who was irritated at the pastor of her church because his “voice was hard to understand.” Another family switched […]