No.
197 MARCH 2008
FROM THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER
http://www.
dunblanecathedral.
org.
ukADDRESS
LIFTED HIGH ON YOUR CROSS
THIS morning the leaders of
the Beginner Sunday school
askedmeifIcouldrecommend
some age-appropriate stories
for Easter.
They are wise...
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No.
197 MARCH 2008
FROM THE ASSOCIATE MINISTER
http://www.
dunblanecathedral.
org.
ukADDRESS
LIFTED HIGH ON YOUR CROSS
THIS morning the leaders of
the Beginner Sunday school
askedmeifIcouldrecommend
some age-appropriate stories
for Easter.
They are wise folk
and realise that it mightn’t be
as simple as skipping over the
unpleasant business of Holy
Week, going straight from
waving palm branches to
shouting “Christ is Risen!”
Smarter
Children, unfortunately, are
smarter than that and tend
to insert awkward questions
when we skirt round issues.
It is a question that must
have been grappled with a lot
over the years because this
is a hard, dark story – and
parts of it show humankind
at its very worst.
It is a story
that asks a lot of its hearers,
and for the very young, I
believe we owe a great deal of
consideration as to how and
when we help them begin to
unpack this pivotal story.
I didn’t give the teachers
an immediate response, but
will go away and try to find
resources that will
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