Seeing Jesus
Bedtime Theology with the 5 year old… (While teaching the contemporary version of the Lord’s Prayer) 5 yo: I don’t really see Jesus in that prayer. Me: Oh wow, that’s interesting. Where do you see Jesus? 5 yo: In the juice. And the bread. Me: At communion? That is a good place to see Jesus. Is there anywhere else you see Jesus? 5 yo: Not really. Half of the time at church, my kids are making so much commotion to, from and at the communion table, that I'm not sure what they are getting out of the experience. Then I hear a zinger like this, and think, well, at least this kid knows one place where Jesus promises to show up. It's not the only place, of course, that Jesus meets us. When I think of it, I'm on the lookout for God-sightings in my daily life, and there are so many when I remember to look. The birch trees were aflame in yellows this week in my neighborhood; the mountains have a paint-brush stripe of white snow at the top. My youngest child is in kindergarten ...
