PERFECT CHILDREN
Allen Vehey, professor of religion at Hope College in Holland, Michigan worries that society is beginning to see “the duties of parenting as making perfect children and making children perfect rather than in terms of uncalculating nurturance” — the attitude that we receive our children just as God receives us. “God doesn’t make His love and care contingent upon our being or doing a certain thing,” Verhey says. “He loves and nutures us no matter how imperfect we are.” From “Where Do We Draw the Line”, by Dave Boehi, Moody Monthly, June 1989
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