today I went to Anderson, to David’s home church. they were having a training day for the folks who would be working with their youth. the plan for the day was to get through child abuse policies/regulations (which I know inside/out because I worked in childcare with the government) and then through the theology and focus of their all-encompassing kids program, LOGOS (hehehe… pronounced “low-goss” at their church). it was an interesting day – lots of things to think about.

Dave’s dad asked me at the end if I could take any of what we talked about back to my church. I was stumped… my church is so different from theirs! for example, there is only one – count it – *one* unbroken family in my church. and they are missionaries home on a medical furlough. David’s church is a church full of healthy families. the approach taken with the kids, then, can be fundamentally different. the one thing that kept coming out, though, the one thing I can apply in my own life, as well as in the church, is to do the teaching through a relationship. instead of only offering words, preaching at the kids, in relationships, you can offer the example of a life lived for Christ… that’s powerful, and something to apply.