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One day during the coffee hour after church I mentioned to someone that I enjoyed the fact that there were more children in worship than there used to be. “I think it’s important for them to be there,” I said, making conversation.
My conversation partner agreed. “Yes,” she said, “it’s important for children to learn how to behave in church.”
“Behaving in church.” Is that what we are doing? Maybe it is. We sit and we stand at the right time. We are silent when we are supposed to be silent. We speak when we are supposed to speak. We sing (or we don’t sing if we don’t know the song.) We listen during the sermon or our minds wander. We shake the hand of the pastor as we leave and say, “Nice sermon, Pastor.” That is how we behave in church.
