The Hands on Museum

Sometimes we treat the church, Scripture and even faith itself like museum pieces. They are things to be looked at, studied and protected, but not so much touched or used for anything other than being admired and contemplated. Even for the most faithful, we just put that faith under thicker glass. It is not about fear of change or about guarding the things we think are important, this is more about how we choose to interact with our faith. Do we immerse our selves in it, or do we kind of walk in it, a part of it, but also a sort of observer of it? We are in the museum at least, but faith, church, Scripture, they are meant to be hands on; not just looked at and thought about. Maybe that’s what Jesus meant when he said that we must be like children. Children’s museums are hands on. The whole point is that you not only can touch everything, it’s what’s expected. You are supposed to get in there and get dirty. Throw your own paint around, not just look at what others have done. You are supposed to build and use your imagination and let it take you somewhere. Lent is a chance to get hands on. It’s a chance to immerse our selves and spread some faith around and be a part of it no just an observer of it. Children are way often way deeper than we give them credit for so let’s be inspired by them as we go deep ourselves and get hands on with our faith.