Benjamin J. Dueholm tried to get various friends to attend church. He failed:
[I]t may be more difficult than many of us imagine to develop a habit of churchgoing, even once a month. For most of us, church has been woven into our lives for a long time, and a week without it feels very unusual. Perhaps we’ve been faithful worshippers since we were children. I came to church in college, when it was a refreshing alternative to the social reclusiveness of the University of Chicago. We may not even remember what it was like to begin to accommodate our lives to this peculiar practice of public worship. I find it very difficult to add anything to my life, whether it’s twenty minutes of jogging a few times a week or even a new hour-long television show. Whatever else we can and should claim for church participation, it’s something for which room has to be made.
The Dish 