Today, we started a new Sunday School series studying the Apostles\’ Creed. It is interesting, because, growing up in a Baptist church, I had never heard of such a thing. When John and I got married and became United Methodists, I would hear it recited, and I would sort of mumble through it. I heard Rich Mullins, and later Third Day, sing it on the radio, and I started to learn it and think a little more about what it says and what it means. Here\’s the \”traditional\” versio

“Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children”- Ephesians 5:1 This verse means a lot to me as a mother and as a Christian. Paul calls us God\’s \”dearly loved children.\” If we think about our relationship with God as a parent-child relationship, then this makes perfect sense! As parents, we know that our children are seldom perfect, even though we\’ve modeled the expectations we have for them. If you watch my kids in a restaurant, please know that I\’ve never tau