There must be a profound difference

The first priority, therefore, is the cherishing and nourishing of such a congregation in a life of worship, of teaching, and of mutual pastoral care so that the new life in Christ becomes more and more for them the great and controlling reality. That life will necessarily be different from the life of the neighborhood, but the important thing is that it be different in the right way and not in the wrong way . . . We ought to recognize, perhaps more sharply than we often do, that there must be a profound difference between a community that adores God as the great reality, and one where it is assumed that God can be ignored. (Lesslie Newbigin: Missionary Theologian p145)

Children are some of the most astute observers of human behavior. They, perhaps more clearly than adults, quickly observe the many differences between the community that adores God as the great reality, and the larger society where it is assumed that God can be ignored. Our great privilege as parents is to build every aspect of our new lives around the good news so that our children see that it is the great and controlling reality not only in word but in deed.