Topic: Children

To grow up well, children need to be anchored to a broad community with shared values, which nevertheless allows for individual differences.

The Christmas story includes a message of God’s solidarity with and care for children and families who live in fear and who flee to seek refuge. We corrupt the message if we make it about our children and not all children.

God’s covenant of love and grace is made unconditionally, not depending even on our response, and so the promises are made to our children whether they respond or not.

In the growth of children, God reveals to us much of how we all should be growing and developing.