“Children are the living messages we send to
a time we will not see.” N.Postman
Neil Postman penned these words in 1982 in response
to what he believed to be the disappearance of childhood as result of media
influence. If I think of the era my elementary years in Christian Education,
and then the reality of the world I now live, work, and am busy raising
children in today, I am quite sure my own teachers back then could never have
predicted many parts of daily life in 2017. A connected global world,
technology innovation and the deep challenge that comes with it, population
surges, global water shortage and excess, and so much more. Even though the
world has changed a lot since my last day of being an elementary school student,
the education I received then has been one of my greatest tool in making sense
of my world today.
So how does Christian education help, if we are
not so sure about what the future will look like? Consider these statements I
have heard from our teachers as I joyfully visit classrooms throughout the week:
“Things are beautiful and valuable, because
God made them, not because we like them.”
“Language helps us value each other.”
“Compassion means that we suffer alongside others.”
“Better things happen when we follow what God asks us to
do.”
“All truth is God’s truth.”
These are the building blocks that are universal for your
child’s future! Know that your children are being encouraged and prepared to
think deliberately, carefully, and faithfully about life. Join us in praying
that the Lord will lead us as we aim to train our children to “acknowledge him
in all [their] ways and make [their] paths straight.” (Proverbs 3:6)
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