Faith wasn’t really important my life.  When we played with Javier Vargas, we would play the catholic mass almost every weekend, so I do go to church a lot!

Of course it’s all and Spanish but I can understand most of it.

My mother’s father, my grandfather was a Christian Science practitioner; he healed people through prayer.  My mom had to go through a lot of religion.  The Christian Science face is pretty strict, and mom didn’t want me to go through that.  There was a little bit of going to church as a child but mom didn’t think it was important.

Then of course being brought up on an Indian reservation there was a whole different view of religion.  God wasn’t “up there,” but in everything: a rock, leaves, and animals.  I think that’s more of what mom instilled in me.  When I’m out in nature watching the sun said or listening to birds sing… that’s how I will bring up my kids.  And my wife feels the same way.

I have mixed feelings about religion.  I think more people have been killed over religion than any other thing.  But I also have respect for those individual religions and how people feel.  I can appreciate sitting in church every weekend with how the years group and feeling part of it.  I may be a better catholic and some “real” Catholics!

I want my boys to grow up to be sensitive, moral, and caring which is what every religion professes.