Posted by: Tone | July 14, 2008

Right Side Respect

Hello everyone! You may have noticed that I did not post on Friday and there’s a great reason why. My power was out for part of the weekend, so in effect, I was not able to communicate with the outside world save my cell phone. Plus I worked a lot this weekend, so the times when I could have gone to a public place to do it were few, and so, Friday was a flop. Sorry I skipped Friday, however, I would be more impressed if you noticed.

So I’ve got a quick little thought for today. I’ve figured that this could either be something I’m noticing in my own head, or it could very well be the best theory ever. You will have to decide.

I’ve been thinking about where I sit in church. Today I helped another church lead worship and when I was done I sat on the left side. Then I noticed that I sit on the left side everywhere. Whether it be for serivce at my own church, a business meeting, District Council, what have you, no matter what Church it is and what the occasion is, I always end up on the left.

I don’t sit there for any reason or anything, most of the time the people my age are sitting on the left side of the church. So here is where my theory comes in. Do you think that young people ususally sit on the left side because in our minds we live in a right side dominated world. When you think about it, a large chunk of the population is right handed. In other cultures, the right hand is the more powerful hand, no matter what hand you normally use. Could it be that we do this naturally because we show respect to those who are older and allow them to be on the right?

Maybe I’ve taken too many crazy pills today, who knows. It’s just something that’s been milling around my head. So here’s back to regularly scheduled blogging. Hurrah!

Responses

definitely too many crazy pills.

that is weird…

we sit on that side at our church too- the young adults/college group. the youth sit in the center of the front.

Interesting…at our church the right side is comprised pretty much only of the college students.

Unless you’re looking from the stage, and then we’re lefties too.

So the moral of the story is, you can flip my theory around to work anyway you want it to. Those are the best kind.

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