January 3, 2010 at 1:22pm
Mama luvs her lil firecracker
I feel like I should elaborate a little bit more. Tyler has been asking many questions the last year about God and the Bible stories. Since I didn't have a strong religious foundation growing up....none at all for that matter... I cannot answer these questions he is asking. So... what would a mother do at this point? Go on a mission to help her son find his answers. :)
Here is a link to my original status post about this topic. Feel free to comment here going forward, thanks so much everyone. :)
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From Facebook January 3, 2010 at 2:02pm:
This entire resolution isn't really about Tyler wanting to go....if it were up to him, he would sleep in and then play his Wii all day. No, he blatantly does NOT want to go to church. Even when I tell him he will get the answers to his questions about the Bible. This resolution is primarily because I want to make him go and see all the different styles of church out there. I want him to be open to experiencing different beliefs and ways to celebrate them. My hope is that the end result he identifies and becomes more comfortable with at least one of them and will want to continue to go. If this isn't achieved, well... at least we spent some good quality time together doing something that will enrich our lives.
So today was the first opportunity to work on this resolution. I had looked up online several Churches in Temperance and Lambertville (Bedford area). I then happen to remember seeing the church page in this week's Bedford Now edition (pg 9). So today, I chose the first on the list, Bedford Christian Community, Assembly of God. Had no idea what to expect. Much to Tyler's discontent, he went with me.
He is a trooper though, he got up, ate breakfast, got dressed and waited for me to get ready. Since he tends to be distracted easily and figgits a lot from his ADHD, I told him he could take a tiny bit of silly putty with him to keep his hands busy. It really does help him!
So we get there and find a seat, and I noticed that I kept looking around to see if I knew anyone. I did, some kids from when I grew up, some family I was friends with, though they have their own children now. A few other folks came up and welcomed us, shook our hand and smiled. Some brief small talk exchanged.
To my enjoyment, the service started with a christian band and a few very uplifting songs. Now, this, I can enjoy!! Tyler was quiet and clingy, sitting practically on my lap most of the time. A usual practice when he is in an uncomfortable situation. Still, I could tell, he was "listening".
He asked me one particular question..... Why do they call God the Lord and the King? All I could tell him is that they both meant the same thing, that it was like calling the President the boss. (My mind wandered back to that moment on TV when I heard President Obama call Bruce Springsteen the Boss, but that was irrelevant here).
Yet, this is one of those innocent questions that I just cannot answer because of my own ignorance of the Bible. So I guess I will learn as we go along...together.
Next month, we will most likely visit a Baptist church on that list. There are several choices, perhaps Bridgepoint Church since it is the closest to us. We had an interesting experience last year when we were invited to a tent revival in Fremont. I may compare that story with how it goes next month and fill you guys in. Needless to say, that experience overwhelmed Tyler a bit.
But that story is for another day.....
Namaste!
Michelle
So today was the first opportunity to work on this resolution. I had looked up online several Churches in Temperance and Lambertville (Bedford area). I then happen to remember seeing the church page in this week's Bedford Now edition (pg 9). So today, I chose the first on the list, Bedford Christian Community, Assembly of God. Had no idea what to expect. Much to Tyler's discontent, he went with me.
He is a trooper though, he got up, ate breakfast, got dressed and waited for me to get ready. Since he tends to be distracted easily and figgits a lot from his ADHD, I told him he could take a tiny bit of silly putty with him to keep his hands busy. It really does help him!
So we get there and find a seat, and I noticed that I kept looking around to see if I knew anyone. I did, some kids from when I grew up, some family I was friends with, though they have their own children now. A few other folks came up and welcomed us, shook our hand and smiled. Some brief small talk exchanged.
To my enjoyment, the service started with a christian band and a few very uplifting songs. Now, this, I can enjoy!! Tyler was quiet and clingy, sitting practically on my lap most of the time. A usual practice when he is in an uncomfortable situation. Still, I could tell, he was "listening".
He asked me one particular question..... Why do they call God the Lord and the King? All I could tell him is that they both meant the same thing, that it was like calling the President the boss. (My mind wandered back to that moment on TV when I heard President Obama call Bruce Springsteen the Boss, but that was irrelevant here).
Yet, this is one of those innocent questions that I just cannot answer because of my own ignorance of the Bible. So I guess I will learn as we go along...together.
Next month, we will most likely visit a Baptist church on that list. There are several choices, perhaps Bridgepoint Church since it is the closest to us. We had an interesting experience last year when we were invited to a tent revival in Fremont. I may compare that story with how it goes next month and fill you guys in. Needless to say, that experience overwhelmed Tyler a bit.
But that story is for another day.....
Namaste!
Michelle
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UPDATE from 2011
Yeah, we lasted 1 month on this resolution. Basically, Tyler did not want to go to church period. He really gave me a hard time about going. I kept bringing it up throughout the year, but he flat out refuses and says he just don't like being around all those people. I'll keep trying.....
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