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A kids resource to get excited about
It's not often I whoop and holler at a kid's resource, but What's in the Bible with Buck Denver is brilliant. It's produced by the team behind Veggie Tales, but the leader, Phil Vischer has had something of a revelation and realised that the awful Veggies were in fact just insipid legalism in disguise. This is altogether different. Our nine year old was capitivated and, in fact, the whole family sat down to watch. We've made it through the opening three videos already. Along the way, Isabel has sat attentively through descriptions of canon, what the Septuagint is, what covenant is, biblical theology (often using all those words). I love it. I really do. I wasn't a fan of threefold division of the law, but, let's face it, I'm going to have that disagreement with most of my Presbyterian brethren, let alone a kid's show.
But otherwise, I want Sunday School Lady (one of the characters who explains hard things) to be my Sunday School Lady. And I want Pirate Pete who does the church history slot (yes, it includes church history) to be on my school agenda. Here's the measure of how good I think this is – we're just planning a Church History school for 2015 and I think I may use some of the Pirate Pete clips to introduce some of the harder subjects. It did all leave me grieving for poor Sunday School teaching (which abounds). But also rejoicing that it doesn't have to be this way. Try it and see. You may be surprised. In true US style there's an online curriculum and resources.
And please don't tell anyone I got so excited about some puppets and a kids resource. I have my credibility you know.