Comments on: Confirmation Sucks

By: Becky Kimbrough

Becky Kimbrough — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:09:37 +0000

I just saw this blog Rob…a bit late to the game….but I totally agree w/ your thoughts! I suppose this is why I never was confirmed. Regardless, my faith is very real. AT the time, it just felt like a bunch of hoops with people that I didn’t know, much less have a relationship with. It is funny that I ended up getting to know those people (other CLC members, my age) through praise team, worship, the real stuff that we did for God. And isn’t that what God wants most?

By: C.McGee

C.McGee — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:49:43 +0000

I do believe that less religion and more faith needs to be placed on the opportunity that confirmation offers to its youth.
I do not see 12-14 year old’s to be the most appropriate age group for confirming Gods presence in ones life, however, I do realize that any older age would minimize the amount of influence (or force) that parents have over their teens.
My memory of being confirmed at CLC is all but positive. Mostly due to the fact that I accepted Jesus in my life not through confirmation classes, but through WSYG in Seattle in 1999.
And also, my faith and walk was supported and planted in fertile ground by having the youth pastor that I still look up to and think of as one of the most used disciples of God.
Confirmation is too religious. Jesus doesn’t want our faces in workbooks learning about him by filling-in-the-blank questionnaires. He wants out faces, hearts, hands, and souls directed towards heaven.
I pray this discussion continues to the glory of HIS name…

By: John Alexander

John Alexander — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:20:23 +0000

Hmmm…Funny you write this. There is a reason we got put together for a short time in life. Let’s get together before Thursday. I thoroughly agree with this post! Radical change is going to occur.