Theology with a Three Year Old

Noble and I were driving in the car. He got quiet and we had the following exchange:
Noble: Jesus is God.
Me: right.
Noble: ...and Jesus died.
Me: Right.
Noble: so God died.
Me: uh... Wow. Uh...
Then I explained that Jesus is a PART of God, just like Noble is a PART of our family. Noble isn't the whole family, and Jesus wasn't all of God.
Wow.

Conversation with Noble at the mall

Noble: Daddy, a pterranadon eats meat.
Me: they do? Are you a pterranadon?
Noble: no, I'm a Pharaon.

Noble's Tarantula

Noble and Daddy caught a tarantula ... then decided to take it inside to show Mommy...



See the video here if you're seeing this on Facebook:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJuQfss2ZHk

Nobley in the Sky with Diamonds

Respectfully submitted as the best photo I've ever taken...

This is what watching football is all about.

Choke!

Good football is emotional, and watching the Texans play the Colts today brought up all kinds of emotions. First, pride in my favorite team as they systematically took apart the Colts and made Peyton Manning look silly.

Then disbelief that beginning the fourth quarter they were up 27-10 and it looked like nothing could go wrong.

Then horror as I watched Sage Rosenfels make more mistakes than a high school quarterback in his first game. Diving over a defender, Sage? Really?!?

Then finally relief when the game was over and I knew that the Texans were the same team they've always been. The same old reliable team that always comes through in a pinch. The team that never lets me down. The team that always comes through at the last minute and manages to throw the entire game.

The Colt won 31-27.

Watching the last four minutes of the game felt exactly like watching the Houston Oilers choke and blow a tremendous lead to the Buffalo Bills back in 1993. I remember being at work at Foot Locker watching the game on TV and just feeling like I was drowning in slow motion, helpless to do anything.

Fast forward 15 years.  So now we have a new team. A better team. A new coach. A better coach. Better players. A new stadium. A fresh start, right? Allegedly...

So why does it just keep happening? Why does it all feel the same, over and over and over? It's like watching the Bad News Bears play every week. Is it the water in Houston? Is it the fans? Is it the weather? What is it that makes our teams constantly choke and just generally suck? I have a theory, but I'll save it for another time.

But a HUGE silver lining to the game... This was the first game that Noble and I got to watch together. Well, I watched it. He snuggled in and fell asleep. And he slept on my arm the whole time. And it was magic.  And there was the best emotion of this game.