Why?

Why? To many times that is a question that I fear. Keith (my middle child) is the king of why. He has always asked why to everything, it led my late grandmother to christen him with the nickname Why. We would walk into her house and she would say "How's Why doing this morning?" This kid asks why for everything. I love that he as an inqusitive mind but there comes a time when Dad's knowledge runs out, and I have to say "I don't know son, why don't you look that up?"

As a minister I also fear that question. I have heard to many whys in my career. Why did my son or daughter have to die? Why does my spouse have to have cancer? Why did I have to lose my job? Why does God allow these things to happen? Questions like that are tough to answer, I still try to answer these questions as God gives me discernment and wisdom, but some times I have to give that answer that I give to my boy. "Sometimes, you just have to look up."

But there are question that we can answer when they start with why, and starting this week we are going to be answering some very basic why questions. Such as Why Worship? Why Communion? Why Give? Why Baptize? These are some of the basics of our faith but yet the more I talk to people the more I find that they don't know why. They just know that is the way it is, has been, and should be. There comes a time on our lives that we have to answer Why? I hope that you will join us this week.

Also remember the 10 week spiritual Challenge starts this week, so come ready to commit to spiritual growth.