When I was a little boy, my brother, Jason, had a hamster named Doobie.

 

Doobie died.

 

I had some fish when I was a kid.

 

Like Doobie they died too.

 

I tried to keep some plants in my apartment when I was in college.

 

They died.

 

Sad stuff isn’t it.

 

Here’s what I learned from these three encounters with death:

 

Dead things don’t grow.

 

Here is what I’ve learned from my decades of working in the church:

 

Many Christians don’t grow.

 

Hmmm…

 

1. What dots do you connect here?

2. Is your faith growing?