Clear and present children

“I believe that children are our future,” Whitney Houston sang at a time when I listened to the radio as much as possible. I guess radio-listening is passé now.

Children and youth are the future of the world, obviously. But they are the present, too.

Many churches acknowledge the need to reach out to young people. Too few put children’s development at the center of church life.

Imagine a church with a vibrant spectrum of programming from tots to teens. Imagine a family of faith that spans the generations. Imagine the support that would under-gird and sustain us through the challenges of life—and faith.

Such a church won’t fix a broken world. But it would be a haven.

How can I give life to the vision that glows in my mind of a place where folks finally realize that what is good for children is good for all of us?

Is God calling me to make that vision reality?

Help!