What are we teaching the children?
Children have been on my mind a lot these past few
days. How do we adults explain to our children the political climate in our
country? How do we discuss the recent conviction of former President Donald
Trump? What do we want them to know about integrity, honesty, and leadership?
The children are watching us. They are seeing how we
engage in difficult conversations with each other. They are noting the language
we use when talking about people we disagree with. They are studying how we
treat others.
What are they learning from you?
This weekend, I am praying each sentence of the
Epistle lesson for Sunday. I am letting each word reverberate in my soul:
I invite you to sit with these words in prayer. Let God come to you as
you pray. What does God want to teach you through this text? How will that
inform how you live?
What will the children watching learn from you?