Sunday School Stories

Well, five days after dumping about a foot of snow on the area in two separate snowstorms, the thermometer here in my little corner of Michigan is shooting up into the 50s (10-12 degrees Celsius) with rain today and tomorrow.

The forecast says it should be mild and wet all week. Sadly, at this time of year, instead of a lovely shade of green or the more pristine white, we get left with an ugly shade of brown.

But if you want to see something pretty ... well, at least something uplifting ... take a look at this modern retelling of The Good Samaritan (misspelling on the site and all), told with Legos^®. Thanks to Mark over at The Good Stuff Newsletter for the link.

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MORE TRUE TALES OF SUNDAY SCHOOL

A Sunday School teacher challenged her pupils to take some time after church on Sunday and write a letter to God. They were to bring their letter back to Sunday School the following week.

One little boy wrote, "Dear God, we had a good time at church last Sunday. Wish you could have been there."

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A few weeks later, the same teacher was relating to her class the Biblical story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten badly, robbed, and left for dead.

She described the story in great detail and very vividly so her students would be able to catch and understand the full drama of it.

When she had finished, she asked the class, "If you saw a person lying by the side of the road, all beaten and wounded and bloody, what would you do?"

No answers. A hush had fallen on the class.

Finally one little girl broke the silence by saying, "I think I'd throw up!"

[Pastor Tim's Clean Laughs; edited]

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WORD for YOUR WEEK: Since yesterday was Epiphany Sunday, let's have a look at where that word came from. It is not, as you might think, from Latin, but rather from Greek. It is a mixture of the word "epi" which means "on or to" and "phainein" which means "to show." Its sense is that of a manifestation, or a sudden and striking appearance. Epiphany Sunday celebrates the coming of the Magi to the Christ child as it is the first revealing of Christ to the Gentiles. Its usage also now includes the notion of being struck suddenly by a new idea or revelation that clears up (or reveals) to us a new truth, or a new solution to a problem.

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Mark

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