Resolved: Write...

I think people will see this as, by far, the most difficult practice. But, of course, to write this blog, I have to challenge that assumption.

Write how? Certainly not Shakespearean reams of iambic pentameter. Not NYT or WaPo worthy essays. For children, the act of shaping letters helps create the synapse for literacy. There is definitely a practice between our behaviors and our brains. So...write something. 

Kids in worship can draw a picture of what they hear or see or experience. After you get home, or as you are waiting for your restaurant lunch, write two or three words on the picture that help explain it. Leave the picture up on the frig for a week...then replace it with the next picture. You can talk about that experience all week. If you have those wonderful refrigerator letter magnets and do not have one of those subversive stainless steel refrigerators that are not magnetic, you can make other words that reflect the picture. Make it a family activity. Fun.

Adults. We hate to write. (OK...obviously not all of us...but go with me here.) SO, God's gift to you is a smart phone. Open that list app. Write a word or phrase you pick up in worship or a small group on Sunday. Maybe two or three. It will keep you occupied during the sermon...and you will listen better.

Then, several times during the week...say during boring meetings or while waiting in carpool lines...go back and see what you wrote. Spend a couple of minutes thinking about how you are living into those noted lines, or how they are living in you. The next Sunday, delete that one and make a new one. (And, you can, of course, do this on paper...but it is harder to carry that notebook around than it is your phone.)

At the least, you continue your worship practice into your week. Is there really a downside? I can't find one...but feel free to correct me if you want.

But you'll have to write it in the comments...