The Family at Worship

Our church hosted a concert by singer Peder Eide last evening. He does a program called Taste of Worship. It was geared for families, they were even encouraged to sit together and interact during the concert. The purpose of the program was to extend the worship experience into the life of the family. He offered some great ideas that families could use immediately. One of them was to join hands when you pray in the worship service and to extend that when you pray at home. At another point he had the kids place their hands on their parents shoulders and pray for them. Powerful stuff. It emphasized for me how important touch is in our lives. I am a hugger. Our kids are all huggers. We always greet each other with a hug and then do the same thing when saying goodbye. I know we are a culture that discourages touch. That's flat out wrong for families. Our kids crave our touch. And while your in the middle that embrace why don't you whisper the words they really want to hear, "I love you."