Second Church Steps

Ordinary is my favorite kind of time.   The church year has festivals and really special occasions.   Then there are the days in between.   Once for a children’s moment, I asked two friends to help me.   They are REALLY good friends because they said, “yes,” then asked what they needed to do.   One dressed up like an angel.   The other dressed up like a rabbit.   It was late spring, and the children were not out of school yet, so we had a decent crowd for the children’s moment—that was about 5-10 at our small Missouri church.   I asked the children if they could guess my favorite time of year.   It wasn’t my birthday.   I gave them a hint—a diminutive angel walked down the side aisle very gracefully. No, it wasn’t Christmas.   Then a 6 foot + bunny hopped down the other aisle.   Yep, not kidding! No, it wasn’t time for the Easter Egg hunt.   They gave up. Do you?   Ordinary time is my favorite time of the church year.   Do you know why?   It is because that is the “living with”