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The Gift of Catechismal Learning

Will Nielsen
February 24th, 2007
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I am quite floored to see how quickly we human beings can learn. I am also amazed at the gifts God has given to some people to teach certain and varied ages of children and adults (I am thinking about those who teach my daughter at the child development facility she attends). Catechism has been a means of training children for hundreds of years. The child learns the questions and the answers the pattern in which the series of questions and answers come. Having been given the framework, they spend their lives learning more fully what the material means. I am absolutely biased about the little girl who is recorded below - she’s my 21 month old daughter. However, in working with all ages of children in my pastoral career, I have found children giving their catechism answers to be magical. Enjoy.

By way of translation:

  • “Dagh” = God.
  • “Heban” = Heaven.
  • “Shusha” = Spirit.

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