As both a mom and a pastor-to-be, I wonder, what does it mean to raise your kids "in the faith"? Lots of church-going and example setting, sure, but at least in our house, the Jesus stuff often takes a back seat to stuff like birthday parties, doctors appointments, and trying to convince our oldest child that evil gnomes must have come and made off with that super annoying toy that wouldn't stop playing "London Bridge." (Bald-faced lying: probably not a slice of the whole "raising kids Christian" thing).
So consider this my effort to be intentional about digging into the Jesus stuff and attempting to sort through what exactly it is from my faith tradition that I want to be passing down to my kids. I want them to know that there's more to being a Christian than dressing up in fabulous outfits and wearing funny hats once a year (that would be Easter, and they will wear funny hats pretty much as long as they'll be living under my roof. Thems the breaks). I'll be using the lectionary each week as a starting point for writing letters to my children, crafting Polonius-like bits of wisdom in response to the biblical passages that will hopefully not embarrass my children later in life, nor preclude me from future employment.
Enjoy!
Me as a cute youngling at church
Me in high school, dressed in drag for our youth group production
of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Me with Big Butter Jesus, an Ohio landmark. This was not a
church function, nor in fact a particularly churchy time of my life.
But I made my way back. Our first outing to church
s a family of four.
Ben being dedicated, just like big sister Josie before him,
at Northwest Christian Church this past summer.
Looking forward to your pearls of wisdom on here!
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