04-3-2008
A Theme Emerges from Deep Space
By RenaeI do not teach this subject during lessons. Drawing biblical principles from this famous topic requires mind contortions I have yet to try. It is a foreign language to me. However, my husband and son speak fluently.
When my son found this book at the second-hand store, he gazed at me with such longing my resistance caved. No light saber needed. He sleeps with this book. He wants to hang the pictures on the wall. He begs his dad to get the movies. Lego ships appear on the kitchen table and even in the bathroom. Theme music plunked on the keyboard by Dad inspires repetitive practice and humming. Star Wars has invaded.
I am not surprised. Fascination with space ships and galaxies coalesced with my son’s imagination. Books about stars, planets, and astronauts fill his shelf. A decorated box contains his prized mystery series, Mike Mars. Written in the early 1960s, these books give an interesting perspective on the life of an astronaut before the age of space shuttles, moon rovers, and space stations. Fiction, yes, but full of facts and intrigue for a creative boy.
Reading science fiction reminds us the future is unknown. Maybe my son will fly through the stars one day. I know he gives me reason to shine.
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