Last Sunday we invited 4 people from our church to be interviewed by our confirmation class. We split the confirmation class into groups of four and sent them into different parts of the church to ask questions of these adults about their faith journey. I've always thought that confirmation is all about the process of asking questions. Asking questions of ourselves and of others about the journey of faith.
Today I listened to a podcast by Kara Powell a professor at a seminary on youth and young adult ministries. The podcast was all about asking questions. She relayed one story about a young man who told her how people in his church have been asking him questions about his faith since he was six. "Alot of those questions I couldn't answer when I was six, but those questions formed me and shaped me. Now that I'm 22, I am starting to answer those questions. I wouldn't have been thinking about those questions if I wasn't asked them when I was six."
In Church school we also wrestle with questions. Questions like what is peace? or who is God?
How do we live together in community? How do we take care of each other? Questions we ask each other that are deep and significant form and shape us, even when we don't know the answers to them, because they cause us to reflect and ponder on our faith, and that is always a good thing.
What are the questions of faith that are rumbling around in your mind? What are the questions that inform your faith?
University Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
