meet john milton

John Milton
(1608-1674)

My last post provided some history and insight regarding the perennial plight of the churchgoing child in the summertime: Vacation Bible School. I remember complaining about losing a week of my summer to VBS, but it was not until recently that I gained a little perspective on the issue. I never had to suffer like the poor children of Hopedale, Illinois, in 1894. On the other hand, I was never treated to the kind of fun, fancy, professionally-produced VBS experience enjoyed by kids in 2011. To learn more about both ends of this spectrum, check out my last post.

This series will address the wildly popular 2011 VBS kit “Pandamania.”

Eventually.

Before we go there, we need to cover a bit of history. That history starts with John Milton.

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zw3.03: pulchritudinous pandas

Intrepid journalist Hank Talbot continues his exposé of the disturbing political agenda behind the zoo world facebook propaganda blitz.

The result of part two: we can take dan’s review as good evidence that not all south-Denver strip-club-goers bought into the buzz following the paper tiger’s transformation to the topless live show. The name change could be no more than a thin coat of capitalist whitewash over walls that were, and ever will be, resolutely red.

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