Bible School

Looking back on my theological education I am always amazed that Woodsdale School sent everyone across the street to Vance Church for a dose of Jesus once a week. Today there would be a major explosion if a public school even thought about such an indoctrination. For over thirty years I have been married to a little jewish girl from Richmond Virginia. Where did I get the notion to join the lost tribe? I think it came from Woodsdale. The jewish kids did not go to Vance Church to have their brains dry cleaned. They stayed back at school and studied. This may be a partial answer to why the jewish kids were always above average. As a trouble maker sometimes I went to Bible School, and sometimes I stayed back at school with the Old Testament gang.

From bible school I do remember a couple of incidents. It used to be painful to have to read bible verses under the direction of some old ladies over at Vance Church. I did have some help shirking my indoctrination by good old Charlie Jones. Every time we went over to the church one of the first things Charlie would do is throw my bible out the window. The old lady teaching the class, who I think was Jesus grandmother would say "Mike could you read the 23 Psalm". I would say "my bible fell out the window. Then grandma Jesus would say " Didn't your bible fall out the window last week?". I think this all had something to do with me being back with the Jewish kids, and it may end up explaining how I married a Jewish girl. In the end it does show the Lord works in strange ways.

Today I am happily an orthodox atheist. My early Christian education served me well. If the old ladies at the church knew what a fine man I turned out to be they would believe in miracles.