Questions...

So I sat in church this morning pondering something I've never pondered before...is this how I want my child to experience church? Let me tell you that if you haven't asked this question before, it is quite scary, and if you have, I now sympathize with your fear that it might not be what God had intended. This is by no means a belittling of the church I attend, rather it is a question that I think more of us should be asking. Is the Church the life we live, or is it one more thing added to the schedule we call life? If it is the latter, then I think we are far from what was intended. I don't want my son to grow up thinking that God is only present when he is sitting in his seat in a sanctuary, singing some songs and hearing a message. I want him to know that God is an ever present source of life, challenges, discipline, and growth, that forms the very core of who he is...and because of that relationship we desire to gather together as the body to celebrate our God!