Stacy Sagely

In the 13 years I have taught high school Bible, I cannot think of one day I dreaded coming to school. And anyone that knows me knows why I come and why I love it so ... the students. It doesn't matter how much we adults study God's Word, or how many theologically-sounding phrases we can quote, in my eyes there is no one who can interpret Scripture any better than a teenager. When God opens that young heart to receive His pure words, and they turn around and share that word with enthusiasm and wonder ... well, it's just all I can hold in sometimes! I asked our juniors and seniors to share their "stones of remembrance" with our middle school and elementary students. All juniors and seniors are currently studying the Book of Joshua. As we examined the 12 stones that the tribal leaders laid down at Gilgal, we paid special attention to the phrase, "When your children ask later, 'What do these stones mean to you?', then you will say...." We noticed how important it was that Joshua's generation leave a reminder for the following generation so that they would know all that God had done among them. So we took that a step further. Our junior Bible students made "stones of remembrance" for the lower elementary campus of ways they have seen God work in their own lives, shared favorite Bible verses, phrases from the Book of Joshua that have meant something to them. Our senior Bible students did the same only they passed theirs on to our middle school campus. Each of these classes focused on the previous generation, just as Israel did in Joshua. I am so thankful that Union allows me the opportunity to simply teach the Bible because nothing has an effect on our lives like God's pure Word. I know the sacrifice all of our parents make financially each month, but I want to tell you that as a parent of one of these juniors ... it's worth every cent.