children

Look closely, Jesus says let “the little children come to me.” He does not say compel them to come to me. He doesn’t say make your unruly teenagers sit through the church service. Yet some of us do. And what’s worse, we do it in the name of the Lord.

As a former “Sunday School” teacher and parent, I need to ask where topics like these reviewed here show up in educating children. I see the need to begin teaching children certain principles that just happen to go along with Judeo-Christian values. You know… the whole “right/wrong” thing. What are the bare-bones minimums that should be taught to children in light of us adults deconstructing what we were taught? Clarity needs to rule, but I’ve seen so many programs that are so light and fluffy that they don’t end up teaching even the basics. This dilemma of “Sunday School” has actually hampered our search for a new church. Thank you for your insights!