For one of my Sunday school classes, I made little wooden people, out of clothespins and embroidery thread. We use them to re-enact stories, and to play. For example, when another child was baptized earlier this year, I got beautiful little dishes of water, and even smaller ones of oil. We talked about God, and [...]
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Little people
Posted in Religion, tagged little dolls, Sunday school, teaching on October 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday school
Posted in Religion, tagged fall, Sunday school on September 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
With the new school year comes the start of Sunday school.
I teach at two churches, one in the morning and one in the evening on Sundays. Last year, the curriculum began with the story of baby Moses, and Miriam’s faith, and Moses’s adoption into the royal family.
My main method when teaching Sunday school is [...]
“What are you giving up?”
Posted in Religion, tagged Lent, make-up, self-doubt, spirituality on February 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For many years, I “gave up” meat and cheese. Just giving up meat was never enough; I didn’t “feel it” until I added cheese. For two or three years, I fasted until sundown. I found this to be a surprisingly rich discipline–by the end of a day, I felt small (in comparison to the Divine, to [...]
