The item above appears under the category Baby Crosses on SmileyMe.com. I immediately jumped on the link, wondering if--a la the genre of Muppet Babies and Tiny Titans--there'd be a picture of Jesus as a little kid crucified and happy.

No such luck, but what I did find is almost: the All Things Bright and Beautiful Cross.

Now you might be thinking--more kitsch? What's so special about that?

Ahhhh, but look carefully. It's a rainbow and a smiling moon and sun, accompanied by a song,

All things bright and beautiful,

all creatures great and small,

all things wise and wonderful,

the Lord God made them all,

all imprinted on the instrument of torture used to kill Jesus Christ!

What better way to introduce your child to the problem of theodicy. I mean, if it were me lying in a crib with nothing to do all day but stare at my surroundings, it'd only be a matter of time before I'd start to wonder . . .

If the Lord God made all good things and the cross is a wonderful thing, then he made evil. But how could he make evil--or even allow it--without contradicting divine justice?

Of course, I pretty much had the same thoughts after reading The Cat in the Hat, but I was a strange kid.