tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13501979.post2710247616164757732..comments2023-06-18T04:28:32.048-07:00Comments on And Also With You: ThirteenRaisinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210877918908790129noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13501979.post-8042766642380217202009-03-23T20:49:00.000-07:002009-03-23T20:49:00.000-07:00I've been pretty overwhelmed, too; I haven't peeke...I've been pretty overwhelmed, too; I haven't peeked into your blog for weeks.<BR/><BR/>Hooray for thirteen-year-olds! <BR/><BR/>And, more generally, for young folk in the church. I have heard two statements at various times with which I disagree. "They are the future of the church." No, they aren't. But neither is it true that "They ARE the church."<BR/><BR/>They, alone, are not the church, no more than we old fogeys are. They, alone, are not the future of the church. They and we together, along with the infants in arms and the "extended" congregation in the nursing homes and care centers, praying for and with us and witnessing where they are to God's love and grace -- and those who have crossed over to the other shore, too -- all of us are the church.<BR/><BR/>But without the special crazy courage of thirteen-year-olds, willing to do what is Right even when it is not at all sensible, and finding new and good ways to do it, we would be incomplete.Castanea_dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041129689248653381noreply@blogger.com