Congratulations to NV and NVW on NVWNB...
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And (((niminy))) - hope you're feeling OK about everything today and have lots of lovely GK CDs to listen to fun things planned for today.
Katy - I think that any reason is good enough to go, tbqh. I started going (after a veeeeeeeery long - like, 25 years or so! - break) for 'all the wrong reasons', at least ostensibly. But I also knew, in a very deep buried place, that it was something I wanted to do, something I felt drawn to. I didn't have a Road-to-Damascus moment or anything, but things started to makes sense to me, and to 'feel right'. I couldn't tell you at what point exactly I fell off the fence (I won't say 'got off' because it was absolutely not a conscious decision) in a faithwardly direction, but that first sceptical step back was nearly three years ago now, and here I still am - more convinced with each day that passes that it was the right thing to do, and happier too. So, if you go back for the people, that's a start... and it might not be the right thing for you now, but it might be, and you won't know till you try it.
Alternatively, can you put your finger on what it was for you that was putting you off and that you weren't entirely happy about? Would a different church (either a different place within the same denomination, or a different denomination altogether) be better?
I don't want the above to sound 'pushy' - and, after all, I can hardly speak, having sat on the fence for more than half my life. It may be that this isn't the right time for you. Whatever you decide, do come and say hello on this thread if you feel like it. We're all nice, and fairly normal. 