Children from around the world show us God
in
ways that we may have forgotten!
"When I looked out my window at the
changing seasons, I didn't really see anything at all. My eyes
were focused on my work and all the tasks I had to do each
day.... Then one morning...racing to get to work, I caught a
glimpse of the fiery red leaves of a Japanese maple tree in
late autumn. For a moment I stopped in my tracks. It was a
wake-up call. 'There is a world out there,' I thought, 'and a
world beyond that world. And you,' I said to myself, 'are
missing both. If this is what it means to be an adult, you need
to find a way to see the world more like a child.'"
—from
the introduction
What does God do? How do we let God in? If
you met God, what would you say?
Here are the "theological"
answers of young spiritual thinkers from around the world,
representing more than twenty different religious traditions.
In sharing how they see God, they'll help you to see God in new
ways.
In a poetic language of images all their
own, these children re-awaken us to the mysteries and wonders
of the universe, and lead us to our own understanding of the
spiritual.
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"God is in the world but we don't see
him. We feel him in the stomach when he knocks."
—Shakked, 7 years old, Jewish; Israel
"God is not in a certain place, like
the sky. He is everywhere. God is always in your heart and you
have to bring it out if you want to pray to him."
—Shivani, 12 years old, Hindu; USA
"Not everyone goes straight to
heaven. You can go to hell or puberty or something."
—Maire, 11 years old, Catholic; Northern Ireland
Dr. Robert J. Landy, Ph.D., has spent more than five years interviewing
children from around the world for this book. He is Professor
of Drama Therapy and Educational Theatre at New York
University, where he founded the Drama Therapy Program. Landy
has published more than fifty articles, five books, and one
play. Landy and his wife, Katherine, live in Croton, New York,
with their two children, Mackey and Georgie, who were the
inspirations and guides for this project.
