...isn't easy. My Sunday School class of second and third-graders would rather talk about TV characters than about Joseph or Daniel or David. Sometimes I've felt as if that hour of class on Sunday morning is a battle for their attention. Especially Michael's.
He is always fidgeting, making dive-bomber noises, and banging things with his arms and legs. Since I can't leap about like Wonder Woman ("You should have seen what happened this week") and I don't have bracelets like hers that repel bullets, I've rated pretty low in Michael's eyes. He's also used to being entertained, enticed, surprised, scared, tricked, roared at, and generally assaulted audio-visually. By comparison, anything a mere teacher can do to get his attention in the calm atmosphere of a Sunday School seems pretty tame.
Bible stories can be told with animation, in vernacular, and with questions along the way to make sure the children are listening. (Why did Moses resist the Lord's command to lead the children of Israel? What book of the Bible is this story in? Which brother tried to save Joseph when his brothers wanted to kill him?)
