Recently my son asked to skip church. He was straining to understand why we keep returning week after week when, as he said, “I’ve already heard about God.” It’s a fair question and one that I think shows how his short little life has been fairly uncomplicated so far.
Adults know better. Life is complicated. Terribly so. Christians are not exempt. And because we are not exempt, we go to church. We go to church because we have to. We go to church because where else can we go? Jesus is the one with words of eternal life (John 6:68). And we need those words. His words nourish discouraged hearts. They bring us comfort. They revive us. So we come week after week to bring ourselves under those words. To my son, I said, “We go because we forget and we need to be reminded of his words.” Amidst the heartaches of this life, we need fresh reminders that there is good news that has come from God.
Easter is upon us. The Easter season traditionally begins with an Ash Wednesday service. This service helps us be sober-minded and clear-sighted about the fact that our lives are complicated. But putting
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