Strangely Bright
"On earth there is nothing I desire besides you" (Ps 73:25). Really? Kids don't want candy? Youth don't long for a close friend? Parents don't pine for a promotion? Moms aren't desperate for 10 minutes of quiet? Grandmas don't want to bake cookies with the grand babies? “On the one hand we say, 'I desire nothing but you, God,' and on the other hand, we say, 'except for all the other things I desire'" (Rigney, Strangely Bright, 4). What are we supposed to do with this tension, other than fight low-grade guilt?
Children, youth, and adults will meet together at 9:00am and learn to receive all God's good gifts with glad and grateful hearts. With interactive teaching, we'll focus on enjoying God in everything, and everything in God so we glorify God for his generosity without idolizing his gifts. Oh, and along the way we'll eat donuts, play with kinetic sand… and there might be crunch cake.