Rachel Wolfe Ravenhart

As a pagan/UU this whole thread SINGS for me. In my beliefs, we ARE all
the children of God/dess so treating our kids as such - WOW! It never
struck home with me until whomever (Johanna?) posted that bit about
treating our kids as the messiah. Now I've been making a list of things
that I say that I would NEVER say to Jesus or Buddha or Mohammet or
Taliesin - and Ithink I'm beginning to hear how I must sound to my
son. So thank you all for this thread!

If I seem a bit incoherent it's 'cause I was up all night with a friend
whose brother is an EMT in Manhattan and is listed among the missing.

Rachel Ravenhart




Samantha Stopple wrote:

When I shared with Dh about this thread and seeing our

> children as the Messiah. He said ooh that makes a lot
> of sense. Just think his mother believed he was the
> son of God. So when she looked at him she saw the son
> of God. So she always saw good. So how could Jesus
> help but become good. So it has become very important
> to me to see the true pure child even when her
> behavior does not seem in accordance with that. That
> upset/negative behavior is only an aberation or an
> indication of some unmet need.
>
> Peace,
> Samantha


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