The Jesus Heist A child's spiritual pilgrimage begins

A child's spiritual pilgrimage begins from the earliest moments of life and is shaped by the significant adults in the child's ever-expanding world

is long on telling the Church what to say

the book features both personal and traditional stories of faith

Based on Montessori principles and developed using a spiral curriculum

This book is an important “history-of-traditions” work in which Godly Play founder Jerome Berryman re-visions religious education as spiritual guidance and traces the history of Montessori religious education through four generations

The Jesus Heist A child's spiritual pilgrimage beginsProvocative readings of biblical stories, with thoughts on what they are saying to the church. Inside the Church, we are constantly and consistently reading the gospels through the lens of supporting our own institution and structure. This prevents us from hearing the critique Jesus offered in his own day and his emphatic and persistent call to be and do differently now (Matthew 23: 112). Stories include Widows Mite, Rich Young Ruler, Destruction of