Explaining religion to my child was harder than I thought. I understood how to be religious with my family. We sang our prayers, went to worship and dressed up. Lord knows that taking a baby to a church that was 45 minutes away was essentially a day trip with snacks and clothing changes. We talked about God and how God lives inside of us and how we can always talk with God. So I thought I was doing the religious education job.

And then my kid goes to school with other kids and learns that oth...