What do you think is the most important thing to say when your child asks a difficult question? Not necessarily a religious question; any question that demands the most from you. Please share your thoughts with our community.
... is hard to "teach." As parents, we specialize in answering difficult questions. So we might think we're doing a less-than-awesome job when we can't answer our child(ren)'s questions, or when we take the high road in the Escalate the Question olympics. But the truth is, we don't know. We don't know where "heaven" is or what it looks like. We can't explain the biology or the physics of resurrection. But we believe in it. We believe in it because everything we know to be true about God is so resurrection-y. Not everything we've been "taught" about God, but everything we know to be true: the Bible story that speaks straight to our heart, the forgiveness we've experienced (or want to), the connection to God we experience in worship. I wonder ... could the best answer we could possibly give be, "I don't know, but I believe"?
What do you think is the most important thing to say when your child asks a difficult question? Not necessarily a religious question; any question that demands the most from you. Please share your thoughts with our community.
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Doris
11/13/2013 09:42:05 am
Interesting discussion on resurrection during our dinner hour. Resurrection really is a way to give people hope that they are living on past death. Resurrection gives people a reason to celebrate in a time of despair. Thinking ahead to Thanksgiving and where we want God to be with us… we need to be thankful for our many blessings and all that God has given to us.
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