I read an article published just yesterday called “Try to Be More Awkward”! The writer descries her church as sometimes being awkward, and it’s one of her favourite things about it! In a nutshell, they embrace the awkwardness you experience when you introduce yourself to someone you think is new to church, only to find they’ve been there for a while and you’ve just forgotten their face or name!
It’s a great article because it captures something so true! Sometimes it seems only a moment after we’re introduced to someone that we can’t for the life of us remember their name. And rather than just apologising and asking for it again, most of us retreat into an awkward silence. Let’s not be like that!
I even heard of a church that had a Name Amnesty Sunday where everyone was given permission to go up to anyone they liked and say something like, “Look, I know you’ve told me your name, but I’ve just plain forgotten! Please refresh my memory!” Maybe we should give it a try! So, without further ado, for your reading pleasure and edification: