tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post4934949467495370777..comments2023-09-25T04:35:05.908-05:00Comments on A Graceful Disaster: Religion and kidsAliRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11332421707803139102noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post-68170306777984973542014-06-19T09:54:41.702-05:002014-06-19T09:54:41.702-05:00I couldn't find a contact link, so I'll ju...I couldn't find a contact link, so I'll just leave this here! I'm sure you've heard of it, but there's a get to know you kind of survey going around, and I thought you might want to participate. I've enjoyed getting to know you since your moms make it work post, so I thought I'd do sort of a tag-back. My post is here: http://cozycapecottage.blogspot.com/2014/06/its-going-around-liebster-award.html. You're welcome to participate or not, no pressure!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652214884171307328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post-49399892315957975082014-06-07T22:20:58.104-05:002014-06-07T22:20:58.104-05:00This is great! Kellen asks to go to church quite o...This is great! Kellen asks to go to church quite often, but we just haven't been able to make it there in a while. I think he just wants to play in the nursery with all the cool trucks, but yeah, it's a difficult topic. And I am still chuckling about the conversation I had with your adorable boys the other day. Suzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082425183389943404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post-82855243251553723452014-06-07T21:07:14.869-05:002014-06-07T21:07:14.869-05:00Very interesting topic--Love the boys' take on...Very interesting topic--Love the boys' take on God and Jesus. We get some pretty interesting questions over here, too, and I definitely feel myself bracing for the 'big' questions that lie ahead. <br /><br />I admire people who suck it up and go to church nearly every Sunday. It just seems to be so freaking exhausting to actually accomplish such a feat! But agree that going to church is not the only way to have faith/religion in our lives.<br /><br />Great post!Julia Gooliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778787182629361642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post-53545567627462658672014-06-06T11:21:36.649-05:002014-06-06T11:21:36.649-05:00Super interesting, buddy. I relate so much to thi...Super interesting, buddy. I relate so much to this, even without children. While I mostly enjoyed my Catholic upbringing, I hated the guilt that I grew to know well when I wasn't attending mass regularly. But you're right, we are adults now, and get to prioritize and choose what we want to do. And now when I do go (usually to Lutheran service), I actually enjoy it because I chose to go. And frankly, their music and services are more interesting. :)<br /><br />The stories about Gus are just precious. Picturing you all holding hands and singing before dinner just makes me smile. Love. And LOL that Dan suggested that God is maybe neither or both genders to an almost 5-year-old...bet that went over well. ;) Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04427763668353870765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post-8655197181824416552014-06-06T00:32:56.796-05:002014-06-06T00:32:56.796-05:00Yeah, complicated. Grandma thinks of God with a fe...Yeah, complicated. Grandma thinks of God with a female pronoun.<br /><br />How could God ever be one or the other?<br /><br />I understand God had to be male and Jesus in that culture and time.<br /><br />But it feels way more complicated than this.<br /><br />I do love this: How Mark was able to impart his stamp of Christian belief on my kids so that they have faith, that buoyancy of faith, without any icky attachments to earth-binding RULES.<br /><br />It's what want for them all.<br /><br />Where we go from here now?<br /><br />Hoping and wondering. love you, ValValhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290181210237625023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post-85191267572810384592014-06-05T22:19:50.517-05:002014-06-05T22:19:50.517-05:00We are so happy we decided to send Isla to a Chris...We are so happy we decided to send Isla to a Christian preschool! We are terrible about going to church so I love that her school picks up our slack and has given her a good Christian foundation Plus, kiddos singing Happy Birthday to Jesus at Christmas time, and Jesus Loves Me at school concerts...there is nothing more precious! :)Betsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04008620299775705584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post-31675423209908465332014-06-05T20:57:02.586-05:002014-06-05T20:57:02.586-05:00Yes!! The part about how we are grown ups and get ...Yes!! The part about how we are grown ups and get to decide!! I was raised Lutheran. Husband catholic. We are members of a Lutheran church mostly BC when we were trying to decide I questioned him on many of the "why do they do ___" and he said he didn't know. I don't thhink it makes sense to participate in something when you have no idea why you are doing it! But yes, I have learned to let go of the guilt/pressure put on by family. We send our kid to Sunday school when we are around. We attend church when we are around. But as you know, with a 2 &4 yr old I spend my time silently entertaining then. I walk away frazzled & exhausted and usually have no ides what the readings or sermon were about. Haha. But I know they learn by sitting through it too. I think following their lead is ultimately the best way to go. Forcing anyone to do anything generally doesn't work out very well!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01396995713257518319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post-2452962342405397282014-06-04T11:39:18.839-05:002014-06-04T11:39:18.839-05:00Very interesting - it's always interesting to ...Very interesting - it's always interesting to see what people do about church especially given their upbringing. I was brought up Lutheran and was fine with it - kind of fell away from it in college and first married, but vowed to get back into it when we had kids. We're pretty good about going to church regularly (at least in the winter), Allie goes to Sunday School and we chose a Christian preschool as well. It's something that I want the kids to grow up with but totally agree about the brainwashing. Allie has started to ask a lot of questions and I don't always know the answers nor know how to phrase it for a young kid. I don't want to infiltrate her with *my* beliefs, especially if I have some facts wrong, so I just defer to Sunday School to teach her the stories and we can go from there. I did laugh the other day when we were going to church (after having been off for a couple weeks) and Allie asked me to remind her brother what to do at church - I started saying about him being quiet and stuff and she said, no mom - you have to tell him about JESUS because that's what church is about. Then, she went on to tell him that Easter is NOT about candy and baskets, it's about God and Jesus and that she loves BOTH God and Jesus. HahahahahahahJodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13029781576253283036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8803341.post-41949400122590735402014-06-04T10:50:42.637-05:002014-06-04T10:50:42.637-05:00Such an interesting topic for me! As I think we...Such an interesting topic for me! As I think we've perhaps discussed, we have similar backgrounds but now are definitely not involved in any way with the church. I honestly wish we could avoid it more completely, but obviously Christianity has a way of infiltrating everyday life in this country and that is what it is. Our daycare provider clearly discusses religion with Annie (probably at her urging honestly) and she definitely believes anything that anyone tells her (except for, apparently, what I tell her ;) - whenever she asks me a question, I am very quick to answer honestly about what *I* believe, and to always caveat it with "everyone believes something a little different, and that's okay" - and then she says "Well *I* believe in Jesus!" and I say, that's great! :) So far we have not had any requests to go to church, but if that happens we'll do our best to find something for her. Her Grandmas are MORE than willing to take that on for us too :)Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17928807868790599467noreply@blogger.com