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Time Travel, Kids, and VBS

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 “Always end the name of your child with a vowel…so that when you yell, the name will carry.”                    -Bill Cosby

The VBS Time Machine!

So I have been on a bit of a kid kick the past few posts, what with the turtle story and the rant about the park shooting and whatnot. In hindsight, I think it was all subconscious preparation for the week that started yesterday: Vacation Bible School – “Time Travel with Moses and Miriam”.

What every kid lies in bed dreaming about when school ends for the summer; where every parent can’t wait to drop their kids off so they can go golfing or to the spa; what every college graduate volunteers at in their spare time. Ok, maybe it’s only the graduates who work nights and have no lives during the day. Regardless, I get to lead thirty sugar-ridden 4 – 10 year olds in singing songs about Moses and Miriam during the campus chapel’s VBS this week. We’re using time machines to talk to ancient Hebrews, taking nature walks, making clay baskets for Baby Moses – the whole sha-bang. And after the first two days, I am invigorated. Continue reading →