EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Three, Number Six July/August 1994 CHILDREN'S TIME "Boys and girls, What did Jesus teach us? Do you remember some things?" SILENCE and THEN "Not to throw trash on the ground." Laughter from the people and frustration by the teacher as she said: "Yes, but did Jesus teach us anything else?" SILENCE and THEN "To be kind to animals." Evidently not the "right" answer. The adult leader of the Children's Time at worship Then went on giving her Views about what Jesus Taught us. (I cannot remember a thing she said!) But I do remember What the children said. They were right on target. Somewhere Somehow These children Had heard the Christ Through some priest Through some teacher Through some peer. These children Had taken on the heart Attitude of Jesus Through some significant Other "No trash on the land" "Be kind to animals" Right on children. from Caring for Creation, Poems and Ponderings, 1994, by Rev. John H. Jackson, Maitland FL. Home     Table of Contents