Talking to a 7-Year-Old About Doubt

Why my Sunday School class isn’t a quota-driven mission field

Samantha Butler
The Salve
Published in
5 min readAug 26, 2019

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I was rifling through the curriculum, refreshing my memory as the first-graders shuffled into the back hall. It was a sticky June morning and everyone was running late to Sunday School because of the heat.

Today’s lesson:

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Samantha Butler
The Salve

likes to write short fiction, reflections on parenting, and about weird faith stuff. Published on Today’s Parent, Globe & Mail & Geeze Mag.