If you sat with me in math class in 7th and 8th grade at Parcells Middle School in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, you would recognize that phrase, and probably chuckle a bit. That is how Mr. Ciaravino would end class every day...and as the year progressed, we would join in on the concerns bit. Oh, memories.
This year I began requiring that the confirmation students take sermon notes, one per month. I did this when I was in confirmation and find it a good practice for the youth and it is helpful for my preaching. The last part of the form asks if they have any questions that they would like to ask about God, etc. And they ask the BEST questions. Whether we know it or not, they are thinking about issues regarding faith, but are we giving them the encouragement that they need to voice this?
How can we do better at giving them the groundwork and the vocabulary to speak about their faith, question it, explain their doubts so that when they are in situations in which their faith is tested, they have something to lean on?
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