Perhaps one of the most important things that comes to mind is telling children the literally true story<\/em> of our origins \u2013 what we know about the evolution of the cosmos and of life on this planet. I\u2019m still wrestling with the question of how to cultivate appreciation for stories that are not literally factual in the same way as the information the natural sciences provide, without setting a child up for an unnecessary crisis of faith. Then again, I sometimes wonder whether some sort of \u201ccrisis of faith\u201d is not inevitable in growing up, with the real problem being those who try to avoid\u00a0such a crisis\u00a0by clinging to a childish view of myths as \u201cfactual\u201d even as adults.<\/p>\n Anyway, I\u2019m sure\u00a0any thoughts you have on this subject would be welcome over at Jesus Creed as well as here!<\/p>\n A subject that I\u2019ve asked about here before has come up today on Jesus Creed. They\u2019ve shared a letter from someone who accepts that the Genesis creation accounts can rightly be called mythology. The question that is now being asked is what the appropriate way is to share these stories with a child, and to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-1885204383638749252?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")