This week we’re starting a new series here at Fredericktown United Methodist Church called “I have some questions.” Because there are questions that we all have about God and our faith. Sometimes we might be consciously asking them and other times we might not be actively thinking them, but they’re still kinda rolling around in our heads with this sense of uncertainty where we’d like a little more information even if we don’t realize it. But there are a lot of people out there in the world today asking questions about God and about Christianity… now more than any time ever before besides the beginning of the faith itself.

Because there are a whole lot of different churches out there with different beliefs and different ways of handling things or addressing questions that people have… if they even let people ask questions at all. And a lot of the time, the experiences that people have had when they’ve asked questions haven’t been positive. Sometimes they’re looked down on and judged if they dare ask a question about the faith and other times it’s like churches expect people to just know everything right off the bat the moment they walk through the doors of the church because everyone there already knows everything and so they don’t bother explaining anything and seem aggravated when you don’t know.

So, over the next few weeks, we’re going to be taking a look at some questions that folks who are new to the faith might have and that folks who have been a part of the church for a long while might have as well because they’ve just never been asked… or maybe not thought about in these ways… and we’ll be seeing how we might answer them together.