“ A little recognized benefit of taking small children to church is that it keeps incarnation present in one’s mind. These four grasping, grabbing, jostling boys of mine are fully flesh, and having them cloistered about me in the pew assures I will not drift into the spiritual ether.
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This is the flesh—this grasping, rending, imposing physicality of a child. I suspect that when Christ demanded the faith of a child he had this in mind as well, the full-bodied physical presence that is faith to a child—faith he won’t be cast from my lap, turned away from the pew, forced outside the circle of his brothers.
Their faith is that when they come to me in tears or joy, I will hold them.
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This is the flesh—this grasping, rending, imposing physicality of a child. I suspect that when Christ demanded the faith of a child he had this in mind as well, the full-bodied physical presence that is faith to a child—faith he won’t be cast from my lap, turned away from the pew, forced outside the circle of his brothers.
Their faith is that when they come to me in tears or joy, I will hold them.
Tony Woodlief - In the Flesh (via nachtseite)
