loaner faith.

so i took my van in to get worked on (again) yesterday. in order to see a friend over coffee, the fine folks @ granger motors gave me a 2001 loaner neon. nice little car; comparable to team escort. not bad for a hour or so, but it wasn't mine. i love my car -- it's old, it's a bit shaky at times, but it's mine. emy calls it the 'purple tar', kristyn, brady and i sing the team escort song when we go places, the front speakers don't work real well, and the trips to minneapolis for school are always an adventure. but it's mine. and i love it.

got me thinking about faith while drinking coffee yesterday. my kids are part of the church now; they are building a faith of their own, but for the moment they are on 'loaner' faith. they couldn't get to church if we didn't take them; the things they are learning are super important in helping them form what they believe, but for now, they will have a faith that is partly ours. and this is an ok thing...for now. my prayer for my kids is that they will find faith that is theirs -- maybe one with it's own song, slightly scratched up through experience, with speakers that might crackle a bit when the volume gets loud, but that ultimately is their own and they love it because it is theirs.