a special treat this week in the “overheard” series…
in my 6th grade guys small group, we’re reading through luke and acts. after we read, benton (whom i call benetton to clearly differentiate him from the other ben) often asks if he can summarize or retell one of the stories. they’re always amazing, so i filmed this one.
this is ben retelling the story of stephen going before the sanhedrin, from acts 6:8 – 7:59:
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Move over Eugene Peterson!
I love these “overheard” segments you put up Marko. And this one is simply fantastic! I would love to see/hear more from this student.
I love middle school kids!
The icing on the cake? At the end of the YouTube video it suggest that if I now watch Steven Colbert appearing before Congress. ;)
Awesome! Future Teacher right there!
Just brilliant, spoken in true middle school fashion. I wonder how close he was to your interpretation. I am going to say….verbatim, am I right?
jeremy — there was no “my interpretation”! three of the other guys took turns reading the passage straight out of the book of acts, then he did this!
haha, that is so awesome ( I hope you know I was totally joking). I love it!
Good stuff. Nobody can do energy so well and segues so rough as a sixth-grade boy.
I was talking with my 8th grade group last Sunday and asked them if they new the significant days of Holy Week… or as they called is “Palm Week”. Here’s what they came up with…
Mardi Gras
Mediocre Wednesday
Maundy Grande Thursday
Black Friday
My Sr High Girls small group last night reminded me of this and I wish I had it on video. Retelling the story of Eve by an 11th grade girl included how god “got busy” and created everything and the nudes in the garden and how the punishment for the serpent was that he could never have sex with Eve (because she thought that was what enmity meant). Oh, and she was called woman because when Adam saw her he said “Whoa, man!” and one of the 9th graders asked at least 5 times if that was true. When I said no she asked if I was sure because it sounded legit to her.
Love that last bit about the 9th grader! :)