Dear friend,
I am a church grammarian. That’s a short way of saying I shepherd people into good words, good thinking, and good actions. I am also quite aware that people don’t want to learn, and that some people learn slowly. Church life will always be filled with good, average, and poor students, but the ones who do excel are always the ones eager to hear the Word of the Lord gladly. For this reason, I teach and re-teach the alphabet of the Christian faith for Christians need to know their language.
Within my grammatical education, I try to convey the idea that we need to be around other grammar students. We learn best together which is generally why the least educated about church grammar are those who choose to study church grammar on their own. This didactic approach fails too many tests, including the verbs, nouns, and adjectives of church life. You can’t grow in church life without knowing what to do, who the people are, and the attributes that make up such people. In sum, self-learning is self-defeating.
The grammar of the Gospel is quite clear: Jesus died, he rose and ascended for us. Yet, our grammar tends to reflect the “I” without the “they.” The secret of church grammar is that everything Jesus did was for us. Without the “us” there is no “I”. You are placed in a setting of “us” and “they” for a reason. It’s God’s approach to education. When you flee this basic classroom principle you begin to forget the basics. In the church, “We believe,” “We confess,” and “We affirm,” are the fundamental elements of who we are.
Yours truly,
Pastor Brito, Ecclesiastical Grammarian
