Why do I not feel like going to church anymore?

[frausensei]

Somehow I haven't gone to church in more than a month - and haven't felt like I'm missing anything. My identity as a Unitarian Universalist is still important to me, but I am reminded of my father-in-law, who is a staunch UU without needing to go to church to reaffirm this fact. Or my own father, for that matter, who stopped going to church when

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[mom3mkb]

Interesting to hear you reflect and seem OK with this realization. Personal choices can follow many routes in our lives, so that is just how you feel now. As Cecily grows, you may feel quite different. All good.

I, like my brother, gave up needing a "building" a long time ago (37 years) and am comfortable with that.

Peace ~
Aunt J

[damej]

Involvement in a church is often as much about structured time and social ties as it is about religious belief. As your life has become busier and Cecily takes more of your time and energy, your need to for that structure has lessened. There is nothing inferior about being a solo practitioner, or worshiping at home with your family (if you feel the need for that "whenever two or more of you are gathered in my name" thing -- although I seem to recall that you are more at the pagan end of the UU spectrum, so that probably doesn't apply