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God's Paintbrush Tenth Anniversary Edition

Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

A Guide for Jewish and Christian Educators and Parents Children speak about God in ways that are different from adults. They ask many questions about God, questions that can be startlingly direct. Oftentimes adults―parents, grandparents and teachers―feel uncomfortable answering them.

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On Being with Krista Tippett

This book was mentioned as containing wondering questions with images and scenes, and one example was shared from the book about a child's experience with an echo on a hike and relating it to God's voice. A father mentioned that his child specifically requested that he read the questions from this book at bedtime.

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My class went on a hike the other day. We climbed to the top of a mountain and I shouted, "Hello!" I heard a voice call back, "Hello!" It sounded just like my voice, only far away. My teacher said the...

— Episode: Sandy Eisenberg Sasso — The Spirituality...

Episode: Sandy Eisenberg Sasso — The Spirituality of Parent...

This book was mentioned as containing wondering questions with images and scenes, and one example was shared from the book about a child's experience with an echo on a hike and relating it to God's voice. A father mentioned that his child specifically requested that he read the questions from this book at bedtime.

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My class went on a hike the other day. We climbed to the top of a mountain and I shouted, "Hello!" I heard a voice call back, "Hello!" It sounded just like my voice, only far away. My teacher said the sound I heard was an echo. It was fun to hear our own voices. We kept calling out and the sound from space kept calling back. I wonder what God's voice sounds like. Is it deep and gruff? Is it soft and gentle? Is it loud or quiet? I think God keeps calling out. And maybe we are the sound that calls back. Maybe people are God's echo.

No dad, ask the questions. Ask the questions. I want to talk.

Episode: Sandy Eisenberg Sasso — The Spirituality of Parent...

It was described as setting up wondering questions with images and scenes; a father almost skipped the questions at bedtime, but his child insisted on them, wanting a conversation during that quiet time.

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My class went on a hike the other day. We climbed to the top of a mountain and I shouted, Hello, I heard a voice call back. Hello, it sounded just like my voice only far away. My teacher said the sound I heard was an echo. It was fun to hear our own voices. We kept calling out and the sound from space kept calling back. I wonder what God's voice sounds like. Is it deep and gruff? Is it soft and gentle? Is it loud or quiet? I think God keeps calling out. And maybe we are the sound that calls back. Maybe people are God's echo.

One night he read and he decided to read this book. And he decided to leave out the questions because he felt that we take too long. And it would be too long a bedtime. Because we're always on a schedule. And the child stopped him in the middle and said, No dad asked the questions. Ask the questions. I want to talk.

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