Proximity - Come on Down

How does being near or far the altar or front of church impact your involement?

What perspective do various positions give you?

Why do you pick the place to sit that you do?

Have you ever experimented with other places?

Have you participated in churches where physical seating had a different layout?



Read more at my post by the same title on Children in Church.

Creation Stories

I just made one of those posts that I find relevant to the way I think of my Children in Church & Grown Up in Church blogs.

I pulled together some children's books of creation stories because of my work with kids. But as with so many things like this, why should we leave the adults out? Some of us adults are fortunate to be involved with kids in a way that provides the impetus for doing this kind of thing. The rest of you might have to make more of a point of it. But if you do, you might get hooked.

You can read more on Children at Church.

It's A Blurry Line...

between posts that belong on my other blog and those that fit here. So I'll let you know I recently posted Visiting Another Church on Children in Church.

It has to do with encouragement or discouragement of the perception that one can make choices in the context of religion.