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Category Archives: Sunday school
Was it a dove and does it matter?
A church member sent me this question: “I have a question that has come up in our Sunday school classes and wanted a professional educator’s opinion. This past week we were studying the passage where John the Baptist baptizes Jesus … Continue reading
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Give me routine!
I had a friend in college who dreaded going home on the weekends. The problem was that he never knew what he’d find in terms of the living decor and arrangements. It seems his mother had a penchant for creative … Continue reading
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Veggie Tales, I never knew you
I’ve only watched one Veggie Tales story. It was a televised Christmas special some years ago. I thought it was cute, and well done. It didn’t convince me to change our practice in our church to NOT use videos in … Continue reading
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Biblical literacy
I just bought a new bible. Not that I need it. Like most clergy cum seminarians I have about a dozen of them, including my “first bible” given to me upon entering fourth grade. I have my ordination bible, a … Continue reading
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Avoiding program proliferation
When I was a school principal we had an annual fundraiser in which our small army of 800 elementary school students sold hundreds of dollar candy bars. You know the ones, those one dollar, delicious, long bricks of chocolate and … Continue reading
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On plants and Sunday school
I recently got a surprise evening phone call from a member at my former church. She had been in my Sunday school class and we had served together briefly on a church committee. Despite it having been over eight years … Continue reading
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Firing a volunteer Sunday School teacher
A local church educator sent me this e-mail, a common dilemma: “I am in need of some real advice. I have a SS teacher who is in her middle to late 20’s and has been teaching our senior high girls … Continue reading
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