Dear LFTP letters 2–3 — the Zeus boy; the 10-year family

• How do I help explain to a 12-year-old the difference between the God of the Bible and all the other gods he has picked? (Dear LFTP: Sunday school student ranks God with Zeus and other gods.)
• How do I politely let a family know we no longer wish for them to come to our family meals? (Dear LFTP: a family of four has come to Christmas and Easter for 10 years.)

Letter 2: a Sunday school teacher's 12-ish student says God is 'kind of kind of important but not really the be all end all' compared with Zeus and other gods, and has picked a favorite god that can fly plus an Egyptian god in charge of one thing — a one-dimensional deity. The hosts: ask him questions, probe how deep his logic is; Boova blames lack of parenting; the panel lands on rebellion — 'I don't think he really believes in these gods, that's just his form of rebellion' — and Ben: 'nobody continues to believe in Zeus... even the Greeks have let Zeus go.' Letter 3: a family of four has come to Christmas and Easter meals for 10 years (the wife invited a co-worker with no family in town); the wife's relationship with them has cooled, and they assume they are automatically invited. The hosts: there is no polite way to uninvite them — '10 years in, you're done.' Dan: be honest, 'The family's changed.' Boova: the pass-it-forward method — suggest they host someone new to the area.