![]() ![]() THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE has broken out of the boundaries typical for a children's bible storybook-read by college students, theologians, pastors, couples read in schools, prisons, old people's homes. C S Lewis said: "No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally-and often far more-worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond."Įxcellence, it turns out, is the most inclusive thing. The funny thing is-if you write with the excellence that children deserve you reach everyone. Writing for children demands nothing short of excellence. I wrote that: sin is not just about breaking the rules, it's breaking God's heart it's like poison that makes your heart sick and stops it from working properly it's like running away from God and hiding in the shadows. A little child has no concept of what sin is, for instance. When I was writing THE JESUS STORYBOOK BIBLE, I couldn't rely on jargon. Your job is to distill-to take the profound and make it simple enough for a child to understand. I've learned that from writing for children. ![]() It's not always all about what we teach children. When people asked Jesus, "Who's the greatest in your Kingdom?" Jesus showed themĪ little child and said, "Become like this little child." ![]() Barriers of race and age and status vanished. Instantly, all of us-these defended New Yorkers, all avoiding eye contact, all I was riding the NYC subway one morning, when the doors opened and into the car Have you noticed the super powers small children wield? What is it about small children? Copyright 2016, Sally Lloyd-Jones ![]()
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