Play! Listen! Talk!

What's easiest for you in your Sunday School class: playing, listening or talking?

Well for me, it's probably talking! As teachers, I think we're tempted to be giving directions, asking questions, talking about what's going on in the class all too often. And it's not that any of those things are bad--but for me, I need to remember to stop and listen more than I need to remember to stop and talk! Because when I listen,

• I hear what Daley has done this week at home,
• I discover what James most enjoys playing with,
• I learn what Ella's perspective on life really is

And those discoveries are the clues I need so that my words can connect what is in God's Word with the everyday lives of the kids I care about.