I have a question. A moral question. Sometimes my worldly-ness gets out of hand and I have to stop and think for a minute if I've crossed the line. Sometimes I try to justify things and figure that if I have to justify it, it's probably not worth doing... I was knitting during church last Sunday.
Here's my justification: I can knit and listen at the same time, just like I can knit and listen to TV without issue. Is it wrong because it's church and I should be giving my full attention to the pastor. I clarify that I was just knitting a sock in the round without any special twists or cables so it took almost no thought at all. But, at the end of the service I had almost two inches done!!! I couldn't help but be happy about that.
I'll extrapolate a little further. It was an 8am service that almost no one goes to. There's no daycare at the 8AM service, so no parents bring their kids. I usually bring my child, but it was sort of treat to leave him at home with dad for the morning, so I was secretly thrilled about having a peaceful service to myself to sing, actually listen to the sermon and knit...
What about prayer shawls. That seems to be OK. Plus, I wasn't disturbing anyone else. Sometimes when I use to work third shift, I'd watch the video sermon online and knit while I watched that. It's practically the same thing, right? OK, more justifications. Any feelings on this?
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Hi, Pastor's wife and knitter here. One of my best friends, a pastor and a knitter, knits all the time, in church - although not when she is preaching. I sit in the front row, so I can't get away with it. If I could sit in the back, or, better still, in the cry room...I'd ask the Pastor what she thinks.
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