{"id":180,"date":"2012-01-27T07:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.195.124.95\/~redletu4\/whats-better-for-kids-taekwando-or-church\/"},"modified":"2012-01-27T07:26:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-27T14:26:00","slug":"whats-better-for-kids-taekwando-or-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/davidrupert\/whats-better-for-kids-taekwando-or-church\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s better for kids? Taekwando, or church?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

My next-door neighbor, Bob, is a good guy. He\u2019s a kid\u2019s doctor. He drives a motorcycle and has tatoos, but has a gentle nature that children \u2026 and their parents \u2026 adore.<\/p>\n

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In summers past we have leaned on rakes and talked politics and weather. We have shoveled the shared sidewalks in the freezing cold and dug out fence posts that blew over with strong spring rains.<\/p>\n

He has two great kids who are polite and fun-loving. They look adults in the eye when they speak and always say thank you and please.<\/p>\n

But there is a chasm in our beliefs much wider than the 15 feet between our houses. We\u2019ve talked about eternity, and meaning and purpose. We\u2019ve talked about sin, and the need to fix our human condition. He\u2019ll have none of it.<\/p>\n

My Sunday family tradition is a quiet morning and a couple of hours of worship, praise and teaching. It\u2019s been that way since I was a child. But for the neighbors, every Sunday morning the kids run out to the SUV with the Darwin fish on the bumper, \u00a0dressed in white pants and \u00a0a long shirt tied off with belt. They come home and eat a breakfast with bacon \u2014 I can smell it wafting on the wind.<\/p>\n

Bragging about his kids one day, Bob told me how well they are doing in Taekwondo<\/span>\u00a0. \u201cIt teaches them discipline.\u201d<\/p>\n

It might teach you how to say please and thank you and how to respond to bullies. But it doesn\u2019t give\u00a0one iota of insight into eternity. <\/p>\n

What do you think? What kinds of things do you see your neighbors doing on Sunday? Comment here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Please, share with a friend if you feel moved.
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