More wisdom... from my boy

So, today I'm in the Jeep with my son for a while, and out of nowhere he asks, "Dad, does God have kids?"

SMACK!

The easy answer? Umm. So, I answered, "Yes, Jesus is God's son."

So, now God has a son. Of course, God has a Son, but a son?

I just found it to be a profoundly deep question. Our simple answer isn't exactly right. We consider Jesus God's son, and yet not in the same sense that we think of kids.

And it also made me think: Perhaps the simple Trinity analogy of Augustine, now nearly 2000 years old, could be improved. People all too quickly get up in arms whenever we begin to hope for a better explanation of the Trinity.

Yet, we have hoped for better understandings of God, a.k.a. better theology, since the beginnings of time. We have idolized the early church fathers, the reformers, and a few theologians here and there... BUT we seem unwilling to reconsider our understanding of the Trinity?

I'm sure we can do better if we only dare. My answer for my son was less than helpful... perhaps helpful for a four year old but totally helpless for me...