BACK TO SCHOOL WEEK: Educating Kids Out of Spirituality

Dave Csinos newest posting is really worth reading – and commenting on at his site. His starting point – that children are born with spirituality as they are with creativity – should not be put in tension with dearly-held doctrines (of some) like original sin or total depravity. Dave remembers that Genesis 1 (God created us good, and in God’s image, walking with God “in the cool of the day”) shouldn’t be eclipsed by Genesis 3 (we disobey God and sometimes try to play God – instead of playing/living with God).
All this resonates with me in a special way because of a new friendship with Jerome Berryman, founder of Godly Play. If you don’t know about this tremendous organization and this brilliant Christian educator … today’s a good day to begin remedying that. Here’s a 6:33 video …