Oct 6, 2025 | Personal Blog
I’ve taught kids the Ten Commandments for years, so when Sunday came around, I didn’t worry. I love the way we share them in Godly Play. God’s people have finally escaped Pharaoh. Yay! They’re no longer enslaved. They can go where they want, do...
Sep 3, 2025 | Personal Blog
Kids love a good story. Sometimes they notice things. Like this past Sunday morning, when I shared the story of the flood and the ark with our first and second graders. It’d been a while since I’d talked about God with kids at church, and I was so excited. They say...
Oct 3, 2022 | Godly Play Lessons
Welcome to the Ark and the Tent, the Godly Play story based on Exodus 25-31, 35-40. You can find the script on p.81-86 in the orange book (The Complete Guide to Godly Play, Vol 2, 14 Presentations for Fall, by Jerome W. Berryman). Children always get so excited about...
Sep 26, 2022 | Godly Play Lessons
Welcome to The Ten Best Ways. You can find the story in Exodus 20:1-17, Deuteronomy 5:1-21. The Godly Play script can be found in the 14 Presentations for Fall book (the orange one), p. 73-80. I love that Godly Play refers to the Ten Commandments as The Ten Best Ways...
Sep 19, 2022 | Godly Play Lessons
Welcome to The Exodus, found in Exodus 11:1-15:21. The Godly Play script is in the yellow (Fall) book, p. 65-72. When we left Moses last week, he was getting ready to go with Aaron to speak to the Pharaoh and to do what God told him to do: set the people free. Would...