Sometimes I think that "family" is the Parenthood family's religion, and that's a nice idea and whatever, but it doesn't really answer the question about why we're here and what's going to happen after we die, and shouldn't it be sort of normal even for people that "aren't religious" to ask those questions?
You sort of have to believe something, even if you're not religious. Family isn't a replacement for religion. They're two totally different things. The former was created by something, and the latter is the creator, so whatever you want to believe, but worshiping anything that was created by something else doesn't really make sense.
Also I like Christianity because it doesn't glorify your birth family. It allows you to be reborn into the family of Christ, and that is a huge source of hope, especially to those of us that didn't come from perfect, Parenthood-style families.
Jesus said it: "For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother" (Matthew 12:50).
I guess I'm going off on a tangent here, but I'm sort of bored of just regular blogging. It's nice that Joel came to the church, but I want to know WHY fighting for his marriage is so hard for him, that's what I think the show should explore. We get his brooding facial expressions, but I want to see what's behind that. Also Amber and Drew's relationship is sort of funny, but I want Drew to stay at school because his roommate is hilarious, and I want the Natalie thing to play out anyway. I do think Sarah was more in the right than Max. Maybe she could have handled the situation better, but her brother and sister-in-law should have had more grace with her, though it was nice for her to take the higher road in the end to establish peace.
Anddd those are my thoughts.
