Weekly Reader Theology
October 6, 2007 | Faith
On Friday, Sean came home from school with a Weekly Reader in his backpack about apples. I felt a gush of nostalgia for the days of yore. I loved Weekly Reader when I was a kid. I couldn’t wait to open it up and get a whiff of that inky smell.
I set him up on the breakfast bar and asked him about it.
He opened it up facing me and held it under his chin like a little teacher and then began his presentation.
“Flowers grow on the tree and then die,” he said carefully, pointing to the second picture.
“And then little apples grow bigger and bigger,” pointing to the third and fourth picture.
“And then you pick them and you can make pie!” he said triumphantly.
“That’s great!” I said. I was really impressed with his presentation skills, but I noticed he had skipped the first picture which showed a halved apple with seeds.
“But what about this picture? How do the seeds work?” I asked expecting a lesson on planting and watering.
“God doos that part,” he said.
Indeed.
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Kids are so cool. And wise.
October 6th, 2007 at 8:53 amSweet… Nostalgia is a killer when you have kids…
October 6th, 2007 at 8:53 amWow…love it.
October 6th, 2007 at 8:55 amtest
October 6th, 2007 at 9:29 amI love this post.
October 6th, 2007 at 9:48 amWise child.
October 6th, 2007 at 11:58 amHas he been taking parable lessons?
October 6th, 2007 at 12:29 pmAwwee… Lovely post. I too am nostalgic about weekly readers. This was so precious though…
October 6th, 2007 at 12:34 pmWhat a great reminder. Yes. God doos.
October 6th, 2007 at 2:56 pmAnd, if we will just leave God alone to DO his part (you know, without the “why..how come…can I…”) things tend to go much better…curious, that.
October 6th, 2007 at 5:49 pmOh, that’s nice to read.
October 6th, 2007 at 6:20 pmLoved Weekly Reader . . . that is precious commentary from Sean.
October 6th, 2007 at 7:54 pmI love it - the wisdom of our children!
October 6th, 2007 at 9:20 pmAwwwww, how perfect! Kids say the darndest things… and the best!
October 7th, 2007 at 1:28 amJust love that practicality and confidence combined with the mystery–Sean is like that apple too. “Mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow. . .”
October 7th, 2007 at 4:57 pmI felt the same about Weekly Readers! Now my 2nd graders get Time for Kids and they love that one, too! How wonderful that he sees God in nature, too!
October 7th, 2007 at 5:55 pmK
That was really sweet!
October 7th, 2007 at 6:00 pmAwwwww, good boy!
October 16th, 2007 at 9:39 am