My son absolutely loves to interrupt my classes with his shenanigans and at this point, it’s quite entertaining.

After a year of spending days talking to icons on a screen, occasionally interspersed with someone accidentally turning their mic on to reveal the movie they’re watching or video game they’re playing, it’s good to have some relief. As a parent, I’ve joined the legions of others who have also hit a point that shrugging is the only response to give right now.

On my way to the basement yesterday morning, he wanted to share a picture:

Notice who the happy one is in that picture?

I keep it at my desk now. He also ran into the room in the middle of teaching to announce that he was going to stick his butt in my face. It was the first time my current students reacted to anything.

This morning, however, was a pleasant surprise.

He took one of my medallions to Saint Christopher and drew a coffee cup (with Sharpie) over the head of Christopher. When I asked him about it:

“Since Jesus is in your heart, and you drink a lot of coffee, your heart is full of Coffee Jesus!”

The logic is sound.

He also made a point of running into my class to loudly ask if I told my students about “Coffee Jesus.”

It was at that point I realized I’ve seen many artistic interpretations of Jesus, but never one with him having a coffee head. And right now, that seems just as valid as any other interpretation.

In fact, it might even be better than most.