What Children Say and Do

Remember Art Linkletter's "Kids say the darndest things" bit? There is a reason why that was so popular then, and people still talk about it now. Because it's true. Children say and do things that surprise us. I am the father of three children. And I'm a pastor. Sometimes it can be a little uncomfortable when your child does something that seems a little...well, blasphemous. I remember when one of my daughters became convinced that an action figure looked like God. She walked around with this little "God" action figure for a time. It made me slightly uncomfortable.

Now that my kids are older, I've learned that children are just honest. They do not hold much back. It is a wise thing to give them a lot of latitude when it comes to their theological statements and actions.

Marcus Goodyear's son loves pirates. And that's cool. But what will he do when his son wants to plaster his Bible with pirate stickers?

"[My son] likes pirates. A LOT. Every day we play pirates at lunch. Nearly every night we play pirates. We hung cheap hammocks in our backyard, not because we want hammocks, but because pirates sleep in hammocks.

Then one day on the way to church, I discovered the pirate stickers on my son’s Gideon Bible. Hmmm." Read More.

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Word Editing - Marcus Goodyear is a writer and editor for the H.E.B.
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