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My 5 y.o. daughter on evangelism
By
Patton Dodd
When she heard in church that she could tell people that Jesus was God: “There’s NO WAY I’m doing that! People can just believe, but I’m not telling them!” Very Calvinist of her, no?
My 5 y.o. daughter on origins of life
By
Patton Dodd
Out of nowhere from the back seat of the car… “I bet after God made all the people for the first time, they looked around and were like, ‘Okay, this is great, but what are we supposed to do now?”
Let’s see, where were we…?
By
Patton Dodd
Last Tuesday, I wrote that Haggard post, did some holiday volunteering, went home to wrap some presents, and somehow managed to stay offline for most of the next 5 days. Which is to say: Christmas was splendid. Truly peaceful. I finally got around to reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy (holy crap, what a novel),…
Santa Claus and My Socratic Five Year Old
By
Patton Dodd
Last night, while my wife was at her book club, my kids and I visited some friends. On the way home, my 5 year old, Isabel, calls out “Dad?” from the backseat. “Yes, Bel?” “Did you know, um, that some people don’t even celebrate Christmas? They do Hannakuh.” She had been learning this in school.…
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