How About An "Oh, Wow" For God's Word?

During my first years of pastoring at Roseau Covenant Church it was my responsibility (and privilege) to teach the Release Time class for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. Now if you're outside the Roseau area, Release Time is a one hour, weekly experience where children are released from school for religious instruction at their church. Bus transportation, paid by the church, is provided for the children. We still have Release time in Roseau. Shush now! We don't want the Minnesota Educational Powers in St. Paul to know what we're still up to.

At the beginning of the year I'd hand out Bibles t...