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Angles of the Loard

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I’ve written before about my LOGOS middle school Bible study class (Middle Schoolers and Politics). Last night we discussed the story of Jesus’ birth. We sat around a long table and on a large piece of paper I drew a line across the center to begin a timeline. I was corrected that it was an event line, not a timeline, because I wasn’t planning to include dates. Using the event line, I asked them to share what they already knew about the story of Jesus’ birth. The first person said they came to Bethlehem for the “count.” “Who is they?”...

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Middle Schoolers and Politics

Posted by Liz Perraud at

After our opening prayer, we began with a discussion about what "discourse" means ("off course?" "against the course?"), both intelligent guesses for an unfamiliar word. No...just conversation or discussion (though "debate" could be used as well). And then a few minutes to explain "civil discourse." My lesson plan for the middle schoolers during Bible Time at LOGOS was scrapped in favor of letting them talk about the previous day's presidential election. But we needed to set some ground rules first. I reminded them of the one rule of LOGOS: Treat everyone as a child of God and not as if...

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