No trivial thing

There’s nothing wrong with fellowship, and several of us from my church have found it at a Mexican restaurant

John I. Carney

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The group from First United Methodist Church seated at a long table — several shorter tables pulled together — at La Rivera Mexican Cantina for trivia night.

Some months back — I’m not sure exactly when it started or how — a group from my church started going to La Rivera Mexican Cantina in Shelbyville for the weekly trivia night, organized by BrainBlast Entertainment. It was meant as just a fun night of fellowship — nothing specifically religious or church-related in nature, just a chance for people from the church to relax and enjoy each other’s company.

My knowledge of the world is a mile wide and an inch deep. I know about a lot of pop culture that I’ve never actually seen or read or listened to. Trivia, in short, is my thing. But for a variety of reasons, I couldn’t be a part of the trivia night for a month or two after it started. Part of the problem is that there are several key county government meetings that take place on Tuesday nights, which I sort of need to attend for my job. And that was also at the tail end of when we were going through a family health crisis.

But once I was able to start attending, I fell in love. I attend as often as I can, working around those county government meetings. Nowadays, I’m usually able to be there at least two Tuesdays a month, sometimes three.

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John I. Carney

Author of “Dislike: Faith and Dialogue in the Age of Social Media,” available at http://www.lakeneuron.com/dislike