Christine and Jackie come up here every week like best of friends ready for a party. I know when they have been to the table and most of the people around them do to. Children have taught me that God really does come to us just as we are and doesn't expect us to be someone other than who we are. Children have taught me that this is a family meal. It is not so holy that we can't be truly human.
Worship is a very human experience.
It isn't a show it is real life. It isn't separate from the yard work we did yesterday or the work we will do tomorrow at our jobs. It is a part of all of it. Children can teach us not to take ourselves or the rest of life too seriously and that God is present in all that we do. The move to younger children receiving communion has caused us to reevaluate what we are doing when we come here.