Sunday is not a day for school
I don’t know how to talk to my 4-year-old about God. I tell him God is the one who makes things grow. I think I once told him God makes the wind blow. I ask if he wants to thank God for anything at bedtime. I’ve told him love comes from God.
Aside from this last line, which I’m fond of, I can’t imagine that any of these statements mean much to him. As proof, when my wife said something about her keeping our younger son, who is breastfeeding, alive, the 4-year-old asked her, slightly puzzled, “Are you God?”
Read the rest of the article on the Canadian Mennonite magazine website.
PS. The Anglican church mentioned is St. Benedict’s Table, which incidentally, is featured in the opening spreads of Geez Issue #1.
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