tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post1931450307534287365..comments2023-08-10T07:18:16.879-04:00Comments on Borrowed Light: Should I Let My Son Have a “Jesus” Mii?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08034192017775511612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-86157899793007213412013-02-05T11:15:15.805-05:002013-02-05T11:15:15.805-05:00Thanks for the comment. And I had a picture up the...Thanks for the comment. And I had a picture up there of the Jesus "mii" but it didn't come through. I'll correct that. You are correct that it is a video game avatar. <br /><br />And our biggest issue was that we didn't want it to be as you say an "object of imaginative play controlled by the child". I didn't want Isaiah to start viewing Jesus as someone that he can control. Even if it's something as silly as playing zombie tag. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034192017775511612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-8554664823973680512013-02-05T11:12:47.617-05:002013-02-05T11:12:47.617-05:00First, it took me a few moments to figure out what...First, it took me a few moments to figure out what a "mii" is. I take it to be some kind of avatar for a video game?<br /><br />I think you handled it well. It is one thing to have children color pictures of Jesus or use felt storyboards. (There are limits by their very form that typically keeps imagination from going to extremes in the manipulation.) It is another thing to provide them with hand-held figures or virtual figures that they can exercise control over and create "new adventures" with (Jesus rides in a Barbie car, or, as you said, leaps over barrels). Jesus should be taught to be a real person with whom one has a relationship right now. He is not merely one of many toys that can be objects of imaginative play controlled by the child. He is the Lord who one yields to rather than something that one "lords" over with manipulating play. David (NAS) Rogersnoreply@blogger.com