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Article of the Week:
 Grandpa's Christian Catechism
Roderick Graciano has written a tool to help parents, grandparents and
Sunday School teachers teach the foundations of our faith to children  (32
pages, 662k). Please click HERE to see
instructions for printing this free pdf document.
 Synopsis:
The special characteristics of this
catechism are that it:
• is
written in 21st-century American,
• includes
some of the real questions children ask (not just the questions that
they should ask),
• allows topics
to overlap rather than keeping material in strict systematic categories,
• includes
questions and answers about our eschatological destiny to point
children toward a future more meaningful than “eternally playing a harp
on a cloud,”
• alludes to city
(i.e., cultural) transformation as part of our calling,
• and also on
pages 42 and 50 includes blessings for sons and daughters that can be
adapted by parents and grandparents to pronounce over their loved ones.
I’ve
written for an eight-year-old, but have not shied away from technical
matters. Some “big words” are explained in the catechism; others will
provide an opportunity for the instructor to teach the student a new
vocabulary term.
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