Our oldest daughter needed discipline today after she did something to hurt her younger sister. As we were preparing to meet with the "board of education", she told me that she didn't hurt her sister on purpose. This is a pretty standard defense with a very low rate of success. But then came the kicker. She told me in all earnestness, "But daddy, the Bible says that if a man is out in the forest chopping trees and the ax head falls off and kills somebody, it's just an accident!" That's the first time one of our children has used a quote from Deuteronomy to support their protestation of innocence.
It was a valiant effort, but it too failed in the end. The hardest part was not laughing out loud!
I enjoyed lunch today with some Reformed-minded pastors in Anchorage. Two were Episcopalian, four were Baptist, and I was the lone Presbyterian representative. So, it was quite an ecumenical gathering.
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