It was an amazing Sunday witnessing 12 confirmands making vows to confirm their faith. Having spent several months with this group, I knew how much went into their thought process. Each young person wrote a Statement of Faith which explained his/her beliefs. They wrote on topics, such as redemption, grace, the God-head. Nothing like trying to wrestle with the differences between prevenient, justifying and sanctifying grace when you are 12-14 years old.
The students turn in a rough draft of their Statement of Faith. Invariably, my last comment on the paper is always, "And why does any of this matter to you? Why do you want to follow Jesus?"
Perhaps each of us should undertake writing what we believe during this Lenten journey. And oh yes... why does any of it matter to you?
On the journey,
Alecia
BTW -- If you would like to read this class' Statements of Faith, one is available in the library and at the Information Booth.
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