It continues to be my experience that we are called to minister and worship together, creating not workshops or classrooms, but communities, that build and grow and trust in one another for the duration of our time together. This is holy work, not childcare, not baby sitting. We have the honor of attending to God s most precious gift of all, our children. Let us pause before the task ahead, be it guiding, teaching or tender nurturing, submitting our will before the Grace of God.
Worship is the very best structure of all.
It begins well in advance of our time together, thinking, hoping, praying on possibilities. Just to sit and contemplate and experience God at work within their perfect bodies is an awesome gift and privilege. I expect and come prepared to build tall, rugged and clear boundaries in which ministry unfolds, where children grow and gathered Light shines outward, safely and freely. Where the Holy Spirit works, Grace attends, superseding formulas and every kind of human business. Children inherently know this, too.