Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Which Bible to Read?



We read The Family-Time Bible to Super Frog every night. It has been great and because we only read one story a night it keeps him hungry for more. The pictures are also very graphic--that also keeps him wanting more--very intriguing for a little boy I guess. Yet, along with those graphic pictures are topics I'm not ready to talk with him about. For example--King Saul visits a witch. And then in the next story Saul kills himself. The book has spent a considerable amount of time on conflict and people killing each other. Up until now I've enjoyed the book and have appreciated the honesty about hard things but I think I'm ready to give it a break.
I went to the library tonight and found a few bible story books we'll try. The Read and Share Bible, and the Veggie Tale Bible. Then again, another part of me thinks I should try to keep with something--I seem to change stuff so much. I could just skip the stories I don't want to read. On the other hand I flipped through those other bibles and there are some great stories this one is leaving out. Sometimes I wish we could do EVERYTHING! And then what about the actual Bible? Should we be reading something from that too? Oh decisions, decisions.