Becoming Like Children

Last night we met for our fourth time as a fledgling community in Bellingham. At one point after dinner we gathered together, eight adults and four kids. We asked the kids what they thought Jesus meant when He said we needed to become like little children in order to see the Kingdom.

Tamera, who is eight, said that adults forget what they knew when they were kids and don't have good imaginations.

We read some out of Brad Jersak's Children, Can You Hear Me?, a children's book on hearing and seeing Jesus with the eyes and ears of your heart. Kaedon, seven, said you have to be a kid on a swing to see God in the clouds. When asked how we were to do that, Tamera said we needed bigger swings.

We asked the kids to go around and pray for each of the adults that we could become more like children. It was really beautiful. Jesus was there.

Interview with the author of The Shack

I was recently interviewed "man on the street" style about The Shack for Cornwall Church in Bellingham where William Paul Young was going to speak. Below is the link to his interview. He speaks of his life growing up as a missionary kid who was physically and sexually abused and how that impacted him - it is a deeply moving story that informs his writing of a book to tell his children what he believes after 11 years of therapy.

www.vimeo.com/10847190