I grew up a Minister’s Daughter in a small town. My father is an intellectual and spiritual man. He led church congregations for most of his adult life, but he is not church people. He studied religion, not Christianity, so we were brought up respecting and giving consideration to all religions. It is with this broad view of the spiritual world that I went off to university as a science student taking religious study courses as electives. I took courses on Islam and Buddhism as eagerly as those on geography.
As a parent I am often thinking about what place religion has in our family. The Hubs was raised in the Anglican Church, but does not consider himself religious. We do not attend church. We do, however live our live by fairly universal religious beliefs. Be kind. Take care of others. Serve the community. Do no harm. Love each other.
We have chosen to instill these values in our children because they make sense to us and we can model that life for them. We will take our wisdom where we find it – today it’s from the Dalai Lama.
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