tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737576819415574870.post8268623300882399874..comments2023-03-10T10:29:19.319-05:00Comments on The Girlfriend Network: A Magical Potter Bond - Love of Reading - By: Lisa HeacockUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737576819415574870.post-38874281222620695762009-01-26T09:01:00.000-05:002009-01-26T09:01:00.000-05:00Brilliant article! It's a wonderful way to learn a...Brilliant article! It's a wonderful way to learn about one another, through books and reading. I'm looking forward to getting to know your fiction, Lisa. Again wonderful article. I loved it when you read out loud and now on the page. I'll see you in group.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737576819415574870.post-50178850477361737662009-01-13T20:42:00.000-05:002009-01-13T20:42:00.000-05:00Well said, Lisa. As I have done with my son and wi...Well said, Lisa. As I have done with my son and will do with my little one.<BR/><BR/>I think teaching them to think for themselves is more important than sheltering them from whatever they might come across.DOakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184281944220861575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737576819415574870.post-76410453737525589412009-01-13T19:49:00.000-05:002009-01-13T19:49:00.000-05:00During the time that Megan and I were reading Harr...During the time that Megan and I were reading Harry Potter, we used the opportunity to discuss our faith, and the differences between fantasy in literature and reality. A decade spent reading together opens a wide variety of discussion topics. That being said, I respect the views of parents that choose not to expose their children to books and films that they find objectionable. I also read "The DaVinci Code" and found the book an enjoyable fiction romp. Now the Catholic church has decreed that I'm in a state of mortal sin for doing that, although I have to wonder how that works since I read the book before the edict came down. My point is that my faith was unaffected by reading a work of fiction. I can separate the two, and even use the work of fiction to further define my own faith by allowing it to force me to research the basis of my beliefs. By reading Harry Potter together, and discussing the elements in relationship to faith, I helped Megan develop her own sense of discernment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737576819415574870.post-88462084780223953762009-01-13T18:56:00.000-05:002009-01-13T18:56:00.000-05:00That would be performing magic spells and divinati...That would be performing magic spells and divination. Not reading books.<BR/><BR/>I have made it clear to my son that I don't want him acting the spells out...but there is so much more to the books than the spells...that's what many Christians can seem to get their minds around.<BR/><BR/>I read them to find out for myself if they were as bad as people made them out to be. They were not. There was a clear good versus evil plot through the entire thing...that was very obvious.<BR/><BR/>If you don't have the courage to read the books yourself and find out for yourself what they're about, I don't believe you have any right to comment on their content or to condemn us for choosing to read them.DOakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184281944220861575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737576819415574870.post-71535241699941459392009-01-13T17:43:00.000-05:002009-01-13T17:43:00.000-05:00Be careful of the witch craft in these books. Sat...Be careful of the witch craft in these books. Satan uses whatever he can to get into your life and pull you away from God. God hate these things. "Everybody doing these things is something detestable to God," warns Deuteronomy 18:10-12.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-737576819415574870.post-56468745457456597782009-01-08T06:08:00.000-05:002009-01-08T06:08:00.000-05:00I, too, loved the Harry Potter series (once I got ...I, too, loved the Harry Potter series (once I got past the first two books). I went against the perhaps traditional Evangelical view of the books and decided to make up my own mind. What I found was an enchanting world of good versus evil and a boy who always conquered whatever he was faced with with love and temperance.<BR/><BR/>One of the things I enjoyed most about Chris (my 12-year-old) was reading stories before bed. My father had done this every night with me and I was determined to carry on the tradition.<BR/><BR/>While I don't read to Chris anymore, I have started to with Brent. I'm looking forward to helping him discover worlds that authors have created...stories like Ten Little Lady Bugs, The Big Hungry Bear, Richard Scarry, and Winnie the Pooh.DOakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184281944220861575noreply@blogger.com