this morning i'm going with my grandma to an event for her christian women's group, aglow.
i am not religiously affiliated with anything and so going to christian events with grandma (who affiliates everything with religion) can be rather eye-opening for me, like taking a tiny trip to another world and experiencing a foreign culture.
truthfully, i tried to get out of going (don't tell jesus), but my grandmother is quite good at reeling people into occasions like this and once she's got you in her clutches, all bets are off. plus, these women have apparently been praying for me for years, guiding god's hand to carry me safely through my travels, which is really bizarre but appreciated, i suppose!
and so i've decided to take this as an anthropological opportunity to experience and observe this branch of society that is, at least for a new englander, unnervingly prevalent in midwestern american life (plus i heard that the guest speaker is a real live prophet, so that oughtta be good)... i'll post my field notes later!
