Nate Riggs: Social Business Strategies; communication, social web strategies, & passion in Columbus, Ohio.

I was baptized and confirmed as a Lutheran.  What’s interesting is that I’ve recently made the decision to start the RCIA process and join the Catholic community.  It just fits.

Sarah and Jacob are what you would call “cradle Catholics.”  They were born into the Catholic faith.  Sarah is very strong in her faith and she’s helped to guide me back to finding my own connection with God.

Kaden’s mom is cradle Methodist.  She and Kaden attend church regularly, with Kaden having been baptized in the Methodist church.

My one set of grandparents spent their entire lives worshiping and serving their fellow parishioners in the Methodist church.  Maka even directed the choir for many years.  Earlier this year, she was buried as a Lutheran.

My other set of Grandparents spent nearly their entire lives in a Lutheran church.  Politics, questions of human values and a few crumbled relationships led them to leave a few years back.  Today they experiment with different area churches, looking to once again find the right fit.

Faith

Some might say faith is about church, but church is really just a building and a process.  Others believe faith is about building a relationship with God – a connection.  Then I know some folks who look at faith in the context of a community.  I like that idea best.

In the end, none of these are wrong or right.  Faith is personal.  Faith is what you make it and, sometimes, what you need it to be.

Blended Family

I struggle with this one.

Someday, once I’ve earned my place in the community, I will be Catholic.  That means that until Kaden is an adult, and old enough to make his own choice, he will sit somewhere between the Protestant and Catholic churches.  Stuck.  Eventually, Sarah and I will probably have a child together.  He or she will be baptized as a Catholic.  Cradled.

Not many years from now, Jacob will receive the Eucharist in the Catholic church.  Someday I will too.  And unless I decide to make a judgement call and bend the rules, Kaden will never receive communion in the Catholic church.  I often wonder how I will handle that when the time comes.

At times, blended is confusing.

Am I alone in thinking about this?

nateriggs

I advise mid-sized & large organizations on how to adopt and use social media to market through organizational culture and better serve their clients. I'm also a blended family dad who enjoys music, photography and distance racing. When I'm not writing here, you can find me writing over at the Content Marketing Institute. Like what you've read so far? Then why not subscribe HERE?

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