I've had a number of varied reactions to my newly shaved head. Here are a couple:My Mom said that I was not "Honoring my Father and Mother" by shaving my head. I knew they would object, but that is a little harsh I think.quote]Hey Slick Country!You got me started on this one! About a month ago a female friend of mine who is a Christian like me thought I wasn't honoring my stepmother because she would rather me grow my hair back. Get this, I am a 46 year old balding (now sly) Christian man to boot! So just know that even some of us older guys get this "not honoring your folks" thing. Anyway, I do want to honor my stepmom as she has been very good to me. But I show it in how I treat her as a Christian. My dad passed away in 1999 and I frequently help my stepmom as I want to. I am not Mother Teresa, but I try to be like Jesus and when I mess up I apologise and make amends.Anyway, I told this female friend that I have a good enough relationship with God that if He wanted me to grow the hair back, then I would be able to hear Him. I am however trying to honor my stepmom by losing weight, which I want to do for my health anyway.If you are an adult, there are naturally going to be things that you will do differently than your parents. Grooming habits are one of them. I used to get the same grief in the early 1980's when I started growing a full beard in my 20's.Hopefully no one is giving you a bad time with your earings. I have a "sly" friend in Idaho who had gone to a church where the pastor's wife had a big attitude because of his piercings and his wife's tattoos. She told my buddy's wife, "we tolerate you". What a flipping un-Christlike attitude I have ever heard! Now they go to a great church where the pastor said, "we like people like you....you can be our piercing welcoming comittee!".Thankfully I have noticed that most churches here in the Pacific Northwest are pretty accepting of shave heads. I know different church staff members who are "sly". Also we have a few chromedomes in my own congregation. There are about 4 of us in my church of about 200 people. Two white guys and two black guys. One is a friend of mine who is the director of my church's "Celebrate Recovery" ministry. So if my pastor had a problem with shaved heads, he would have had to tell my friend to grow the hair back or quit leading that ministry!Anyway, here is a shameless plug for my group on Yahoo! for us "sly" Christians: groups.yahoo.com/group/christianchromedomes .By the way, there are a few of us "sly" Christians here on this group as well!Welcome!
Personally I think the more spiritual you are the less hair you have! Bad Sarge Bad Sarge... go to your room!
Our town is only 8000 people with only four churches. When I moved to town 6 years ago everyone in the congregation knew me with a full head of hair plus the earrings. Nothing was ever said and I was invited to join many activities. When I walked in sly one day again nothing was said and I have even been asked to do dramatic readings and sing solos in front of the whole congregation. I never realized how blessed I was to have friends with such open minds.
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