This morning on our walk I delighted in the cool, fresh air. “Oh, it’s so lovely!” I exclaimed to the children and the birds and the dog, thinking that it will soon end. The days will come when 8 AM is already too hot and humid for a walk. The weather put me in such a good mood that I thought we ought to have some education. “Kids, remember that verse you are learning in Latin . . .In principio erat Verbum. Et verbum erat apud Deum . . .” They nodded, squinting in the sun, not looking at me. “That’s John 1:1.” I told them. “But do you know it in English?” Immediately Elisabeth began reciting, “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” We were rounding the corner and Henry looked up at me and said, “That sounds kind of boring.” What could I do but laugh? The words that delight and confound grownups simply sound boring to kids. Maybe he was more interested in “putting on the armor of ...