I was thinking about church.  I generally think about church.  I want to make people excited.  I want people to hold it the same place of priority as I do.  What church is and what it means should be first for every Christian.  Why do people think they can skip church if the weather is nice?  Man, God gave you that weather.  Go and worship Him.  The more I think about the baby we're going to have the more I want her to understand that church is not a random activity we do just because it's fun.  I want her to understand that it is the reason I do everything I do.  I want her to feel weird if she misses a week.  I want her to beg to go and learn about the man who died so we could live.  I know it's my responsibility to teach her, but I want her to hunger and thirst for Him, like I do and like Jill does.  I worry that I won't be the right influence.  I don't want a girl that punches her time card for God and then does other things.  I want Jesus to be first, not third, behind soccer and school.  I guess I say this because everyone should understand that Christ is the reason I love football, the reason I love U2, the reason I try to make everyone around me feel welcome.  He is not just there when I feel like going.  He is my number one responsibility.  Period.

So last night, Jill and I went and saw Prince Caspian.  Of course CS Lewis is awesome, but it's so good to see the meaning behind the allegory.  Aslan can seem to be a long way off, but it's really you that has moved.  Aslan just wants to be found, he wants to be longed for, and he wants you not to worry about what others think about you for seeking him.  This is the genius of Lewis.  He shows that lots of times, we humans think we can do things on our own.  When God doesn't come to us in the way we think he should, we say it's our turn to make things happen.  God cannot be put in a box.  God never doesn't have to do things the same way every time.

Thanks Clive Staples Lewis for show a new generation what it means to live a Christian life!