- God loves us and forgives us for anything we've done if we just want to be forgiven. (If I remember to do it, all of our sessions will begin this way.)
- What's the bible, a book? No! It's a collection of books.
- Is the bible about Jesus? No! Most of it was written hundreds of years before he was born.
- "But Pop Pop,the whole book is about God, and Jesus is God, so the whole book is really about Jesus."
- "Well, um, er, uh, . . . "
- A long discussion of the divinity of Christ. (She's only 9 years old!) I wound up saying that yes, Jesus was always God, but it's as if God said "People just aren't getting it. They don't know what to believe or how to behave." "And Jesus said, "I'll go down and tell them and show them." So Jesus kind of gave up being God for a while. But he gave it up completely! (He kind of became God again because of the way he lived.)
- A discussion of Philippians 2:6-9, which fit perfectly and which, conveniently, is from this Sunday's readings.
- Segue to the story of the first Adam, (Genesis 3:6)
- So the moral of our story is although Adam and Eve messed everything up for everybody Jesus kind of makes everything OK again. It's like we got a whole new do-over.
- "But Pop Pop, there's still sin in the world."
- "Um, er, uh, . . . "
Footnote: Year A, 26th Sunday of ordinary time
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