Elsie Dinsmore

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

It's nice to leave the poor little Yanks in their bubbles, unmolested by clue-sticks, yes?

Elsie Dinsmore was the heroine of a set of books. Really boring books. They are generally held up as examples of how not to evangelise to children, because the lessons they teach can be summarised as 'Christianity is boring and will make you boring and unsufferable'.

A group of Christians (or, for all I know, pagans with a chip on their shoulder) has made a series of dolls called 'Life of Faith' They're hideous and freaky, and all about the evangelisation. Whatever.

I just found out that they're also based on the Elsie books.

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[ptc24.livejournal.com]

Link?

[arosoff.livejournal.com]

What does this have to do with Americans? *puzzled*
(Keep in mind I didn't know what Protestants were until I was 9.. before that I thought there were 2 religions: Jewish and Catholic! So my knowledge of evangelical anything is kind of thin. :-) )

[ringbark.livejournal.com]

Well, that's part of the problem of evangelism.
My mother used to tell about the magic lantern shows she watched as a girl: "...and when they turned to the Lord, you knew it was nearly time to come home" and I must say that there is something of the same in the testimony of many who stand at the front of church, as they tell you of their exciting lives as a gangster, or a drug dealer, or a car thief, or any other thing like that, and the story does tend to get duller after the bit where they asked Jesus into their lives.
On the other hand, there is much to commend the Christian life: having enormous amounts of fun without the need to go drinking is a big plus from my point of view.

Finally, I think you mean "they're hideous and freaky", else I need to ask "their hideous and freaky what?"

[jaq.livejournal.com]

Your first sentence says you think my wife is clueless and insular. I think that's quite insulting (as well as not true).