Over the last couple of days I have had some great theological conversations with my children. At the end of last week I was measured for and ordered robes and so I guess this has brought the ordination event in September to a sense of reality for all of us.

I’ve been impressed as I never thought my children were taking so much good stuff in. What I have been particularly excited about is that they have been asking challenging questions around what they have heard in church and whether ALL Christians believe that or just some Christians.

I was excited by this as it dawned on me that my children have grasped something lots of adults seem to take ages to grasp – that not all Christians necessarily believe exactly the same over various issues and that is it ok to think differently and still be a follower of Jesus Christ.

One of the many meanings of synagogue shared with me when I visited a local synagogue was ‘house of discussion’. This is something that I see as quite essential to church community – a place to discuss and churn over issues in the reality of life, rather than just listen to one opinion with no option to challenge or dialogue.

It’s great how children cans see through complicated stuff right to the stuff that really matters.