When your child asks about what we believe, and why we believe it…answer.
The reason Christians argue so much about the sacraments is because, deep down, they matter.
Treweek points us to the happy ending to come in eternity, when the entire church will be married to her Redeemer.

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Imagine a church's mission statement is: "You Don't Have to Fake It Till You Make It." That is, you walk into church and an usher hands you a bulletin
In this evil generation we’re all in the dark about something. We’re all inevitably overcome by the darkness of sin and death.
“Why now,” I said to no one, or to myself, or to God. Whoever. I was drunk, strung out, mostly dead, hopeless in the darkness. I knew I’d done it all to myself. I didn’t need God to drive the point home.
Believe in God, belong to a church, and behave yourself isn’t the Gospel.
I’m still piecing together fragments. I’ve spent my life collecting scraps of personal stories that will explain my father to me.
But I remember that that’s how it ended. Words. Wine. Blood. A sudden halt to the conversation.
The kind of peace Jesus points to can't be achieved with words.