by Sheryl Collmer | Sep 6, 2018 | by Sheryl Collmer, TOBET Blog
This post continues a series of adult reflections on our children’s curriculum, The Body Matters. One of our most thought-provoking books is “The Body is God’s Design” for third graders. It was originally called “The Body is Limited for Love” but the idea of limits...
by Sheryl Collmer | Aug 27, 2018 | by Sheryl Collmer
This post begins a series of adult reflections on TOBET’s The Body Matters children’s theology of the body curriculum. Our staff was already educated in theology of the body and Catholic studies when we began, but writing these books has been a discovery for all of...
by Sheryl Collmer | Aug 15, 2018 | by Sheryl Collmer, TOBET Blog
TOBET has done many things in our 17-year life, but there is one thing we are uniquely qualified to do: teach children the theology of the body. To interpret and re-express very sophisticated ideas in simple ways takes a special gift. I venture to say that Monica...
by Sheryl Collmer | Jul 18, 2018 | by Sheryl Collmer
This blurb came into my mailbox recently, from a blog called “Future Human”: “The life-changing forces of technology and globalization are re-inventing what it means to be human. Three-person babies. Extreme biohacking. Outposts on Mars. Sex robots. The union of man...
by Sheryl Collmer | Feb 5, 2018 | by Sheryl Collmer
Profanity on primetime TV increased 69% from 2005 to 2010. And that’s just the major networks, never mind cable. I would have to assume that, by 2018, they’ve given up counting. So it’s not just my advancing age or sensitivity. We really are living in an Age of...
