Blue Zones Project: Belong, a Small Essay on Organized Religion

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The final suggestion of the Power Nine for the Blue Zone project is that you should attend worship service.

Now, I think the Blue Zone Project is pretty liberal on what that means, given that it's talked to Buddhists, Seventh Day Adventists, Jews, and so on and so on. So, this isn't the usual dogma of why you should belong to Jesus.

But it's been almost two years since the husband and I have become what those in the field call "unchurched." And I gotta tell you, being involved in a religious institution too much is what got me to the point I'm at now. So I'm really struggling and resisting the idea of being involved in another religious organization.

This is a personal essay. My views may differ from yours. Please respect them. I respect yours. I'm working through some issues.

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