Traditions are things that we have done over a period of time that bring us meaning. Around the holidays we have traditions - when we put the Christmas tree up. Whose house we go to when we eat. When we open presents. Sometimes family have traditions - around meals, birthdays, and vacations. Even when we don't realize that we have traditions, we still do, when we start to carefully examine why we do what we do.
The Church is filled with traditions - both universally and locally. Traditions in the church, however, should harken back to what we believe and why we believe it. Sometimes, instead of focusing on the rooting nature of traditions, we substitute things that "we have always done" that don't really speak to our faith in Christ. The local church has the hard task of sorting through what we do to see what adds value in proclaiming Christ to the world and what is simply a preference.
What traditions do you value and what do they proclaim about Christ?
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