1At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
2He called a little child and had him stand among them. 3And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5"And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. ..."See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
So I saw Billy Childish at Greenbelt this year. He communicated the importance of a "child-like" perspective of the artist:
Children play. Adults pretend.
Children wonder. Adults "know".
This draws startlingly close to the passage in Matthew, imagery that describes the attidude (and the wrong attitude) of someone seeking sanctification or something. I don't think it was a coinsidence I found this passage later that day.
What are the points Jesus and Childish are making here?
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