Miss Post: Evening is the time between dinner and when you start getting ready for bed. Who has something we can add to our 'evening' section of the chart? What do you do in the evenings?
Student 1: Homework.
Student 2: Play Wii.
Student 3: Play games with my dad.
Miss Post: Those are great. Who else has one? Anna, what do you do in the evenings?
Anna: Pancakes.
28 April 2009
27 April 2009
Recess Convsersation
Adam: Miss Post, when I grow up, I'm going to be BIBLE MAN!
Miss Post: That's great, Adam, except Bible Man isn't real.
Adam: But the armor of God IS!
Miss Post: That's true, Adam.
Adam: [Pantomimes while explaining] The belt of truth...the breastplate of righteousness...the gospel of peace...the helmet of salvation... AND the shield of faith!
Miss Post: That's great, Adam, except Bible Man isn't real.
Adam: But the armor of God IS!
Miss Post: That's true, Adam.
Adam: [Pantomimes while explaining] The belt of truth...the breastplate of righteousness...the gospel of peace...the helmet of salvation... AND the shield of faith!
13 April 2009
Who Is My Neighbor?
My, it's been so long. I vow to update with many more stories and events, but I had to add this one just for today since it's on my mind.
Today, I introduced the topic of community helpers with the help of my Uncle Jeff, a pilot, who came to visit. (More on that later). Later in the day we were discussing what a community is and how community helpers help those living within the community. We decided that our classroom is a community, as well as our school and our neighborhoods. We even defined our state, our country, and the world as larger communities.
Then, one of my students suggested that God was a community, or maybe part of one. "What do you think?" I asked. I wasn't sure how to respond. I sure wasn't sure what I thought. I wonder, as I believe my students do, Is God ever part of our human community? Does God want to be part of us, to "pitch his tent" among us, as Jewish tradition suggests? Or are we too presumptive, too bold to consider Almighty God, in some ways, as "one of us?" Perhaps we spend a disproportionately low amount of energy on the idea of God as a member, if not the most important one, in every and all of our communities. Perhaps we strive to remember and care for all of our human neighbors and we forget that God shelved his divinity to live as a person for awhile and desires the same commitment to him that we give to others. Or maybe that thought isn't differentiating enough between who is human and who is divine.
So, is God part of our community? Who is my neighbor?
Today, I introduced the topic of community helpers with the help of my Uncle Jeff, a pilot, who came to visit. (More on that later). Later in the day we were discussing what a community is and how community helpers help those living within the community. We decided that our classroom is a community, as well as our school and our neighborhoods. We even defined our state, our country, and the world as larger communities.
Then, one of my students suggested that God was a community, or maybe part of one. "What do you think?" I asked. I wasn't sure how to respond. I sure wasn't sure what I thought. I wonder, as I believe my students do, Is God ever part of our human community? Does God want to be part of us, to "pitch his tent" among us, as Jewish tradition suggests? Or are we too presumptive, too bold to consider Almighty God, in some ways, as "one of us?" Perhaps we spend a disproportionately low amount of energy on the idea of God as a member, if not the most important one, in every and all of our communities. Perhaps we strive to remember and care for all of our human neighbors and we forget that God shelved his divinity to live as a person for awhile and desires the same commitment to him that we give to others. Or maybe that thought isn't differentiating enough between who is human and who is divine.
So, is God part of our community? Who is my neighbor?
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