These children's object lessons use an interactive presentation. Topical and scriptural indexes are helpful in selecting the appropriate message.
The outstanding feature of these children's object lessons is the interactive approach Fannin takes in presenting them. Children are involved through leading questions.
The topical and scriptural indexes at the back are helpful in selecting the appropriate children's message for the time of year or to correspond with the adult sermon.
Kathleen Fannin is an excellent writer and a sensitive biblical interpreter, and both skills are evident in this collection. In each children's sermon, the Bible is used carefully and conscientiously. J. Clinton McCann Jr.
Evangelical Professor of Biblical Interpretation
Eden Theological Seminary
Webster Groves, Missouri
Your children's sermons are easy to read and your conversational style makes your material more real... I found a consistency in your positive, children-centered approach. Rev. Jack Michaelsen
Union Congregational Church
Moline, Illinois
Kathleen Fannin reveals her playful creativity which enlivens the child in all of us -- from pre-schooler to old-schooler. Cows In Church will soon be a classic in children's sermon literature. John Bennett
Director, Center for Rural Ministry
Missouri School of Religion
Jefferson City, Missouri
Each one of these field-tested object lessons offers the reader/user a taste of the blissful surprises and unexpected moments of grace which can and do occur during conversations with children.
B. Kathleen Fannin is the Chaplain Intern at Monmouth College, Illinois. She earned the B.A. degree in Psychology/Sociology/ Anthropology from the University of Texas and the M.T.S. degree from Eden Theological Seminary. She has contributed to preaching resources such as
Stories For Preaching and
Emphasis, and is the author of the book
In Search Of The River. Her sermons, articles, and poetry have appeared in a variety of publications.
