Will try to make this as short as possible:
I've been the faith leader of our household for 15 years. We have a 17 year old son.
My husband was raised 'born again' Christian but was never really too interested. He will tell you he is a believer, remembers some Scripture from the couple of years he went to Christian school, will tell anyone he believes...but beyond that has never had any interest in the things of God. He doesn't like going to church, he never reads the Bible and if I go on too long about something theological that is very interesting to me, he loses interest and get annoyed. He says he prays but will not pray out loud. I once asked him to pray (I always do the family prayer) and he got angry. He worked on Sundays for years so he had an excuse but now that he's retired I've requested he come to church.
I was raise nominally Catholic, fell away for many years and then returned to faith about 15 years ago. I attended a few Baptist/non-d churches over the years and when my husband did attend on a few occasions he was okay with these settings. He doesn't sing the beginning worship songs, but then gets to sit for the rest of the service as the preacher talked for about 45 minutes.
I struggled with faith until I discovered Confessional Lutheranism. I am over the moon with my church and finally feel like I'm in a scripturally sound place. The Sacraments, the Divine Service, it all is biblical to me and glorifying to God. Gospel centered, Jesus centered; it's just what I feel is right and so comforting to me.
I take my son, who is wandering from faith but I feel peace knowing he's hearing the Gospel so thoroughly. I've asked, for family unity's sake, that my husband attend. He's begrudgingly going, but hates it. "Robotic, ritualistic, too Catholic...." I've tried to explain the scripturally soundness of it but he says I'm "too deep into studying the Bible" and that it should be easy.
He says he wants to find a place we can all feel comfortable. Two things with that: One- he won't. It's not a priority for him to find a church. Two: If we actually did go back to something he's comfortable in, I will be heartbroken.
What is the right thing to do here?
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