Over the weekend something very exciting happened.
For the first time I heard my eldest child really pray.
Not in church...
Not with prompting...
Not with a suggested script or structure...
But it wasn’t over something massive like world peace.
Instead, it was over her fish being safely transferred from the container they were being kept in back to their newly cleansed fish tank.
Honestly, it took me by surprise and took a few seconds to work out what was going on.
But it was incredible.
I wish I could tell... everyone.
But, in general, churches don’t really give space to celebrate these kinds of spiritual parenting wins.
Which is a massive shame.
Churches should be the very place that we enter and comfortably share the spiritual milestones of our kids.
Yet, all too often, it’s not.
Churches don’t invite parents to share where God has been evident amongst their family.
Churches don’t share stories of spiritual parenting wins.
Churches don’t alert parents to opportunities of faith development and exploration.
When I was in ministry, I didn’t.
Which was a disservice to the families in those churches.
And a disservice to their kids.
And a massive missed opportunity for the congregation.
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