Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
4-5-2014
Department 1
English
Abstract
As I drove home from church, I eyed the bright foam sign my 6-year-old daughter held. “Jesus is Alive” it read in kid scrawl. “We’re supposed to put them in our yards!” Noelle beamed, eyeing her creation proudly through pink-rimmed glasses.
I imagined our wide, open yard in Pennsylvania, the green grass stretching without fences from one neighbor to the next. Our best friends in the neighborhood, secular humanists, would easily see it. I cringed. What would they think? [excerpt]
Copyright Note
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Recommended Citation
Taylor, Christin. "Jesus Lives, but Should He Live in My Front Yard?" Motherlode Blog in The New York Times (April 5, 2014).
Required Publisher's Statement
Original version is available from the publisher at: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/05/jesus-lives-but-should-he-live-in-my-front-yard/
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