For how long are you expected to keep your church bulletin tucked in your Bible? Is it wrong to throw it out right away? These are some challenging questions. I feel guilty about throwing it away right after the sermon, but should I feel guilty? It's not like I'm throwing away my Bible.
This guilt has plagued me for a while. I used to keep so many of them tucked in the back pages of my Bible, that it became a hassle to carry it around. People would know I was around because of the paper trail. The bulletins were exploding out of my Bible and wanted to end their lives in a dignified way. Recycled, that is.
My wife takes notes, so she keeps hers for a while. But I don't take notes, or if I do, I take a notebook for that. So my bulletins are just pieces of papers with directions to fill in the blanks. But, since they came from a church, is it wrong to throw them away right after the service?
I'm not sure. I don't think anyone knows. It is unknowable. To be on the safe side, I keep about two weeks worth, then I start eliminating them. Sometimes I walk to the trash can in shame, hoping my wife does not notice the blasphemy I'm about to commit. But she knows. And she still loves me. And I think that's freeing me.
Have you ever felt this way?
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Yes. I have ruined two Bibles because of this. I also have several from over a year ago still tucked away some where.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I have learned to be completely okay with "Sermon's over! Where's the trash can?!"