Many of you know the home teaching message for June was an article written by President Hinckley about the great war between good and evil. When I read the article, I remembered a few lines from one of my new favorite books: Harry Potter. Jaclyn and I opened found the following quotes from Book 2 and Book 5 and related to what President Hinckley was saying.
Book 2, p. 333: Dumbledore to Harry: "You are very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Book 5, p. 205-206: The Sorting Hat's New Song: Oh, know the perils, read the signs, The warning history shows, For our Hogwarts is in danger, From external, deadly foes, And we must unite inside her, Or we'll crumble from within.
When we shared it with the family I home teach, they found it very interesting. It worked so well particularly because the kids (11, 8, 6) all have read the books and could relate to it. Their parents even found it interesting. As we were finishing our visit, Mark turned to his wife and said, "I guess we'll have to read Harry Potter in a slightly different light now."
There is truth in everything, isn't there?
Book 2, p. 333: Dumbledore to Harry: "You are very different from Tom Riddle. It is our choices, Harry, that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
Book 5, p. 205-206: The Sorting Hat's New Song: Oh, know the perils, read the signs, The warning history shows, For our Hogwarts is in danger, From external, deadly foes, And we must unite inside her, Or we'll crumble from within.
When we shared it with the family I home teach, they found it very interesting. It worked so well particularly because the kids (11, 8, 6) all have read the books and could relate to it. Their parents even found it interesting. As we were finishing our visit, Mark turned to his wife and said, "I guess we'll have to read Harry Potter in a slightly different light now."
There is truth in everything, isn't there?
1 comment:
Finding gospel insights in Harry Potter? We did the same thing with the Star Wars movies when they were re-released during my freshman year.
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