I've talked a little bit here about how my church had a split in 1997. Well, today I ran into one of the women who left the church in the split. I would never have recognized her if she hadn't told me who she was. So we talked for a few minutes and she asked me where I go to church. I told her I'm still going to church with the same pastor. (We're a completely different church now, but the same pastor and many of the same people.) She was surprised.

Apparently in 11 years, I'm the only person she's run into that didn't leave in the split. That blows my mind a bit. We're a much smaller church than we were before the split, but even so, a large part of our congregation is still people who came out of the split. It's not like there aren't plenty of us around! I find it odd she hasn't run into anyone else in all this time. I wonder who else she's run into then, or who she is going to church with now. I didn't think to ask her where she's going to church now, but I wish I had.