tossing jesus

each sunday finds the kids in sunday school. their mornings are spent learning about jesus and completing various arts and crafts projects. what a picture frame made from wooden tongue depressers has to do with the bible i have no clue. i have read the book and as far as i can remember noah built an ark not a picture frame for his dad. regardless the kids have learned quite a bit, made new friends and in the process have had lots of fun.

yesterday was rally day at the church. food, games and music a g-rated afternoon appropriate for the entire family.

the food was typical church fare. overcooked hotdogs, chips and enough soda to send the entire children's congregation into overdrive.

the music was mixture of church favorites and good old fashioned sing-a-longs. i am sure as they warbled along the older members of the audience were flashing back to the many hours spent watching lawrence welk.

the games to were of the safe and sane variety. a water balloon toss. a bean bag basket toss. a throw the bean bag through the eyes, nose and mouth of a poorly drawn dragon, at least i think it was a dragon the seven legs kind of threw me off. and of course everyones childhood favorite: the jesus toss.

you remember the jesus toss don't you. everybodies favorite bible school game. you don't, well don't feel bad neither do i.

my first thought, before i remembered that i try not to take life to seriously, was what kind of sick and twisted game is this.

the object of the game was to toss the baby jesus into a wooden crib such as the one found in nativity scenes around the world. you won i baby jesus landed in the crib and i am sure you were going straight to hell when jesus hit the floor. and with the arms on those kids jesus hit the floor a lot.

i kept waiting for someone to overreact and put a stop to the fun and games. much to their credit the church members just laughed it off and let the kid have their fun.

imagine that a church with a sense of humor.