Unchurched interview #4

Once again, as I feel it should be, I used one of my friends from school for this interview. She's a very opinionated person who enjoys sharing it, so here goes. She, like many others, believes that needs to be more places for people to go, because of the stuff people get into when they're bored. This could be a view on her life as well as her friends, which are also mine (the friends) and going through some scares now. Although this may be true, I feel like people should take responsibility and make something for themselves to do that isn't deconstructive. When she was asked about whether or not she was actively attending a church, she said that she used to, but her pastor died of cancer, and from talks I've had with her, I think it discouraged her to see that happen to a pastor very much. This was a Methodist church. She stated that things that interest her, which I've known and seen to play out extremely truthfully, were music, theater, and being able to communicate with friends. These are HUGE parts of her life, and I've seen her work on all of them to no end. Reasons that she thinks people go to church aren't as typical as most. She knows that people, including her, are afraid of being judged there, and that she might be seen as an outsider, but the one that surprised me is that she wrote they might not know enough about faith to go to church, and therefore wouldn't be interested. I know her to have a lot of faith in what her beliefs are, but that's simply because she doesn't think that people are sincere in churches and doesn't think that people have tried to test God with God coming out as the right way to go. Churches, according to her, should be fun, modern, but still get their ideas across. People who listen and are open are a big part of how church SHOULD be for her to go to them. She feels pastors could accept everyone, and don't let how people have acted affect your current opinion, no matter what you believe differently.