We tell our children stories–bedtime stories, childhood stories, true stories, moral stories, all kinds of stories. One of my favorite quotes in the context of parenting is of G.K. Chesterton: “Fairy tales do not tell children that dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” There’s an important role for fairy…
Category: Musings
Maranatha
I find myself perplexed as I consider E’s increasing understanding and curiosity about spiritual things. Like I said in an earlier post, there are tiny little pieces of the Gospel that she grasps. And like the very title of my blog attests, she’s already a sinner. She already needs Jesus. She’s rebellious, and I dare say that her behavior is…
a solid grip on depravity
One day, quite some months ago now, E (who is two) responded to one of my reprimands with a violent, “But I don’t want to be good, I want to be BAD! I AM BAD!” Well, yes, yes you are, little one. You don’t even know how bad you are. Mommy’s bad, too. It’s called sin. It’s called needing Jesus.…