Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

As many of you know, Ken and I now have seven grandchildren, three of them having entered this big, beautiful world in the past eight months.  And, I must say, I love being a grandma.  I love watching the little one’s grow, and I marvel at the rapid changes in their lives, changes that are daily taking place.  One of the things I find so fascinating is the independence that begins to develop at a very young age.  It does not take long for a little one to begin saying, “Me do it myself!” That self-will and determination set the stage for many challenges as children want to do multiple things for themselves, some of which are not always healthy and wise.  That fierce sense of independence and the development of self-identity is something that we as Americans hold dear.  Independence of self and the “pull ourselves up by our bootstraps” mentality is a treasured aspect of American identity.  However, it is also something that runs contrary to Jesus’ teaching, especially today.  I love what Nadia Bolz-Weber says a