Of Manipulation and Vox Dei

Occasionally Stacy and I like to wage our little bouts of repartee via our children. We're confident that such blatant manipulation and pawnmanship builds their character and a strong, healthy sense of "sink or swim". For example this evening I had grilled some steaks for dinner:

L:	Daddy, can I have more steak?
Daddy:	Of course! Do you want nice, red, bloody steak like Daddy has, or nasty, dried-up, bad steak like Mommy eats?
Mommy:	Steve!
L:	Nice bloody steak!

In other news:

Stacy was out running errands today with the kids and had to swing by church to pick up something. As they were getting back into the car L asked, "Is Pastor Greg our pastor?"

"Yes," responded Stacy.

"Then Pastor Greg is like God."

Obviously she is referring to the whole representative office of Minister of the Word and his priestly role as mouthpiece of God. L is very into nuanced theology.