OMG! I Sound Like a Christian!

By Thomas J. Mason

I have not considered myself a Christian since I was twelve years old. Prior to that age, I went to Sunday School; then I went to Church every Sunday; I was an usher in our church (at twelve, I stood six feet, two inches tall and was bigger than most of the men in the Church).
My Mother’s family had been deeply involved in the Church: Ministers, Deacons, choir-ladies, and organists. My father’s father had been a glazier, working on church windows, prior to World War One. One of my great-uncles was a Minister and then became a Professor of Theology. My ancestors came to the American colonies, starting in 1622, seeking religious freedom. I come from a long line of devout Christians and I was a believer myself, until something unusual happened.
During a communion service, the choir sang the hymn, “Saved by the Blood of the Crucified One.” I was standing at the side of the church, waiting to relay the Collection Plate, when I had a vision that freaked me out. I walked out of my Church.
After disassociating from the Christian Church as a child, I find myself coming, through my own experiences, to the same message that Jesus taught, that we should love one another as God loves us.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas J. Mason
• Release date: Nov 11, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463038154

Thomas J. Mason

Thomas J. Mason is a retired Information Technology Manager who lives in the High Desert north of Los Angeles with his wife of forty-two years and their dog, Tara. He discovered, after falling in love with the beautiful redhead who was to become his wife, that in addition to her incredibly cute redheaded twins, she had six other children. But by then it was too late. He was hooked. She continues to be the best thing that ever happened to him. These days, he puts his great-grandchildren to sleep by singing Irish and Scottish traditional songs while accompanying himself on his Irish flat drum, called a bodhrán.

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OMG!

I Sound

Like A

Christian!

Copyright © 2018 Thomas J. Mason

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Table of Contents

So What’s The Problem?

Other Beliefs, Same Contradictions

The Source of My Beliefs

The Near Death Experience

God’s Love

What Can You Do For God?

Listening to God

Connecting to God

Some Spiritual Notes

Personal Responsibility

Created or Creator?

Choose Life

Be Positive About Life

Advice for a Happy Life

The Quandary

About The Author

So What’s The Problem?

The problem is that I have not considered myself a Christian since I was twelve years old. Prior to that age, I went to Sunday School; then I went to Church every Sunday; I was an usher in our church (at twelve, I stood six feet, two inches tall and was bigger than most of the men in the Church).

My Mother’s family had been deeply involved in the Church: Ministers, Deacons, choir-ladies, and organists. My father’s father had been a glazier, working on church windows, prior to World War One. One of my great-uncles was a Minister and then became a Professor of Theology. My ancestors came to the American colonies, starting in 1622, seeking religious freedom. I come from a long line of devout Christians and I was a believer myself, until something unusual happened.

During a communion service, the choir sang the hymn, Saved by the Blood of the Crucified One. I was standing at the side