Ethan, the Budding Theologian

Gary has sung "Yes, Jesus loves me" to Ethan many times.

In May Ethan started singing, completely unprompted from Gary, "Yes, Jesus is God, yes, Jesus is God..."

Gary praised him for his theological insight.  When Gary asked him if he wanted to be a theologian when he grows up, Ethan said he wanted to be a cowboy.

A few weeks ago when Gary was putting Ethan to bed, Ethan explained to Gary, “Jesus is God but He’s not the same as God.  God and Jesus are the same, but they’re different.” Gary again asked if he wanted to be a theologian, and Ethan said no, he wanted to be a cowboy.  Then Gary said what about a theologian cowboy, and Ethan said yes. 

I’m not sure where the stuff comes from with him wanting to be a cowboy because we don’t really talk about cowboys, he doesn’t play cowboy-type games or even have cowboy toys.  He has a pair of underwear with the cowboy from the movie Toy Story, but he’s never seen the movie.  Maybe some of his friends have talked about it, or maybe it’s just because he’s a boy. :-)