Icon or I can't

Ethan related to us Monday that two of his classmates were roughhousing the other day and accidentally knocked an icon of Mary with Jesus off the place it was standing and broke it. The teacher became upset and told the two boys that they will have to pay for it and that she would tell the Orthodox teacher, a priest, what happened. When the day came for Orthodox class, she told the teacher, who, in turn, became very upset and lectured the kids how important it is too respect the icons.

At some point, the Orthodox teacher asked Ethan if he had a Bible at home. Ethan said yes. Apparently, the teacher has noticed throughout the year Ethan's non-participation in the class.

Stephanie explained to the boys that the icon is a simple picture that really has no meaning, even though it does to Romanian Orthodox adherents. We just tell the boys that we "can't" participate in teh "veneration" (worship) of the icons, or as is often explained, the person it represents. I am in the process of writing a tract on this subject in which I explain that true icons are not an object, but the Christian who is made in the image of Christ (Rom. 8.29).

Icon or I can't?

I can't.