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How we hear Hosanna M
y granddaughter asked her then 8-year-old daughter as she arrived home from school where she had learned the “Lasagna, Lasagna” song she was singing. “When we were driving on vacation,” she replied. Her mother couldn’t recall the song, but the tune was familiar:
“Lasagna, Lasagna, Lasagna in the highest.” Dorothy Strecker Arvada, Colo.
Our 3-year-old grandson, Larry, was singing a familiar tune on the way home from worship, which his grandma thought was “Ho Hosanna, Ho Hosanna.” Then Larry asked, “Grandma, why do we sing to Santa in church?” She replied, “We don’t sing to Santa.” So Larry quickly reminded
her of the song he had been singing: “Ho, Ho, Santa, Ho, Ho, Santa.” William E. Hayman Jr. St. Cloud, Fla.
Unexpected answers I was teaching the Ten Commandments to fourth-grade Sunday school stu- dents and asked if they knew what “Do not commit adultery” meant. One
girl said: “It means don’t be an adult!” Cyndy Anderson Woodbine, Md.
The children’s sermon presenter was explaining that just as people searched for Jesus and sought to follow him during his lifetime, “many people are still searching for Jesus today.” Without missing a beat, a child piped up:
“Don’t they know he’s dead?” Beth Woodard Hickory, N.C. BOB VOJTKO
When shopping for my hus- band’s birthday present, my daughter Rebekah, then 4, said, “Mommy, we should get him that stuff he puts on his face before church.” I asked, “What’s that, Honey?” She replied, “You
know, the after-save.” Meredith Williams Danville, Va.
“I hate the way some churches have gotten too secular.”
Difficult questions Our then 5-year-old grandson, Jace, is an inquisitive boy deter- mined to get answers. “How did God raise Jesus from the dead?” he asked his mother. She told
“I’ll make announcements, but I don’t do shout-outs.”
him she didn’t know how our all-powerful God performed his resurrection, to which our grandson said, “Let’s ask Miss Karen (director of Christian education). If she doesn’t know, we’ll ask Pastor Brown. If he
doesn’t know, we’ll go to another church.” Lowell and Sandy Engelhard Charlotte, N.C.
When cultures collide For his children’s sermon, Rod Hopp, pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Forest City, Iowa, used the tent to illustrate his message about God not needing, or having, a perma- nent home (or temple) until David started to think about building one. After talking about the advantages of tent life—it’s portable, light, God could go where God’s people were—he asked the kids whether they would rather live in a tent or house. One boy quickly shouted: “A house! Because it’s got
Internet!” Dana Yost Forest City, Iowa
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