How do we love one another? How do we love children? How do we teach each child and each adult to love the people that are hard to love? How does every member of a congregation count the interests of every member of the congregation as more important than their own? What would that look like? How did the disciples work through their differences without compromising their purpose? Without dividing the church? And I guess scripture says there's even a time and a place for that.
Should we help parents find a way to take a break from their kids if they need that? Sure. Should we tell someone "You need a break from your kids," if they don't think they do? I would say, "no". You might say, "yes."
Do children need to learn to be still? Yes. Do children need a time and place to move and be kids? Yes. Do children need to respect the needs and desires of others? Yes. Do they need to understand "holy"? Most certainly, yes.
Adults need to respect the needs of children and their parents and families need to respect the needs of those who don't have children. That's love. We need each other. The most unseemly member of the Body of Christ is most neccessary.
This is the challenge that the church faces generation after generation. The specific issues may change but not the heart of it. My opinion.
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