Tuesday, April 15, 2008

I Did Not Kiss Dating Goodbye

This is a random post, but those who went to middle and high school with me, or another Christian school, will appreciate this.
While searching for Beth Moore on Amazon today, Josh Harris's book "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" popped up under "You May Also Like"-you know, the section that recommends books based on your search.
It reminded of when I was in 6th grade and the teachers at BL had the brillant idea that the entire middle school should be subjected to Josh Harris. The entire middle school filed into a church sanctuary and listened to Josh Harris explain why he believed Christians shouldn't date. Being in the 6th grade, I wasn't anywhere near actual dating, so I kinda tuned it out (Why date when you can't drive? Seriously, there is nothing cool about having your mom drop you off at Dutch Square Cinemas so that you can go to the movies with that really cute guy...and 8 of your friends, only to be picked up 3 hours later by your mom).
Then at the end, Josh took questions from the audience. Someone, I think it was Adam Neely, asked Josh, "So what age do you think we should start dating?" Josh got this exasperated look and exclaimed, "I kissed dating goodbye! Are you getting that?! There is no right age to start dating!"
Josh did admit he was dating someone at the time (I think he called it "courting" but I am sure there was food and conversation involved, therefore a date by all accounts). Apparently he married the same girl, so it all worked out in the end.

2 comments:

Rachel said...

liz you make me laugh....

Lauren said...

write write write!

i was so glad to find you. love you liz!