Monday, June 05, 2006

Divinity Discussion with Jesse

I am nothing if not efficient. So, being a lapsed Protestant and regretting not putting Jesse into Sunday Bible School as I myself grew up attending, is it any wonder that I decided to catch him up completely by purchasing the 1970's musical GODSPELL? (Plus, isn't "Day By Day" a rocking tune on its own?) Much like the lazy mother who hands her pubescent daughter a pamphlet that explains all, I popped the DVD into the machine and hoped it would address, in 90 technicolor minutes, all the greater questions my 5 year old might have.

The movie is enjoyed, the popcorn is eaten, we ready for bed. I await big questions. And so he begins.

JESSE: Mom-why did Jesus have a Superman shirt on?
(For indeed, Jesus, played by Alias' Victor Garber, is clad in a superman shirt with Mork and Mindy suspenders and a white afro that is to die for.)

ME: Well, ummm, in real life, Jesus didn't really wear a Superman shirt...

JESSE: But you said the movie had real life people in it.

ME: Well, it did, but they were actors, honey.

JESSE: You mean they weren't real? Mom is Jesus real?

ME: Yes, well what I meant...

JESSE: Is Superman real?

ME: Well, ummm

JESSE: Why didn't Superman save Jesus when the bad men were killing him?

ME: Well, honey, Jesus lived BEFORE Superman

JESSE: Well then how come Jesus wore a Superman shirt?

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