Funny Church Humor

When Alex was eight months old, we visited a church in our local area after we were invited by our wonderful neighbors. Because we thought so highly of them, our little family began to check out their church. It was a church of Christ congregation and neither of us had ever been to that kind of church. In fact, we did not know much at all about church of Christ beliefs or traditions since we had come from a different denominational background. David grew up Baptist and I was an Easter attendee with my parents at predominantly Baptist churches.


So, David and I attended our neighbors' church for several weeks. They were in a temporary location until funds could be raised for a new church building. I thought that this explained why the church did not have a choir or a piano/organ. It took almost 6 weeks before we figured out that most church of Christ traditions worship in an acapella nature. I happened to ask someone if there would be a piano in the new building...silly me!!! It really wasn't an issue for us, so we decided to make it our church home and it has been all that Alex has ever really known.

This past weekend, he went with my parents to my grandparents' church(Baptist). When the choir came out, Alex asked my mom,"Baba, what are those people doing?" My family thought that was really funny and so did several people around them, especially since he announced that he did not want to sit and listen to them sing. He wanted to sing, too!

That humorous story points out a lesson to me. I want Alex's beliefs to come from his heart and not just a church tradition. It is so easy to get caught up in traditions without really having a living relationship with Christ. Wherever he attends church throughout his life, I pray that his involvement will stem from his love for Christ, not because he is expected to go to church. This is a good reminder for me, too!