Theological Conversation with Rennie
This morning I had a special little visitor while I was cleaning. I was organizing and I found the DVD that I made for communion in 2003 for UC. It was a bunch of different images of Jesus serving, on the cross set to music provided by Casey Corum's,"Your love is Amazing". I decided to watch it since I hadn't seen it in awhile. Rennie watched it with me.At the end she showed me the sign for Jesus
(http://www.creative-communication.org/creative/lessons/dictionary/graphics/jesuslovesme/jesuslovesme.asp)
and told me the reason why the sign was the hands was because the nails went into his wrist. Then in a very non-chalant tone said,"But you know he had to die."
She then got her very deep-thinking Rennie look on her face(that is classic Rennie) and said," I don't get the whole Jesus being God and God's son thing." How can he be both?
I said,"Well people were not close to God and God wanted to be with his people, be in relationship with His people and for us to be able to see Him and so He send His Son, so we could be in relationship with God again."
Rennie said,"Yeah I get that."(I wonder if I even get it sometimes!) "But what I don't get is how he can be BOTH the Dad and the Son. And where do Mary and Joseph come in. I thought Joseph was Jesus dad...?"
I said, "Well we have daddies here on earth that are the people that take care of us, you have Kevin, I have John, and they are supposed to be the people that show us what God's love is like. We also have our Father in heaven who loves us and cares for us, and that is what Jesus had. He had a father in heaven and Joseph here on earth."
Rennie,"Oh ok...(still with the deep-thinking look on her face)
I said,"Sometimes I get confused and I don't understand it either...it is ok not to understand all of it."
She just came downstairs and saw that my bag has R's on the inside lining and said," R for Rennie."
I said, "R for Reaction by Kenneth Cole"
Oh the things these kids are learning...
posted by Kat @ 10:33 AM
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