by Sheryl Collmer | Dec 12, 2019 | by Sheryl Collmer, TOBET Blog
When you consider a new recipe, you look at the picture of the finished dish. When you plan a vacation, you look at the photos of the hotel rooms before you book. When you interview for a new job, you meet your prospective co-workers, and ask yourself, “Would I fit...
by Sheryl Collmer | Nov 27, 2019 | by Sheryl Collmer, TOBET Blog
We are at war. You are at war. The war is inside our hearts. If you are the sort of Catholic who subscribes to this blog, you already know this. But many don’t. And strangely, it is important that we tell them, especially the young people. They can’t effectively...
by Sheryl Collmer | Sep 11, 2019 | by Sheryl Collmer, TOBET Blog
We are terribly proud of our team at TOBET: the brilliant writers, editors, and designers who have produced the full K through Grade 8 Theology of the Body curriculum, The Body Matters. Partial portfolio of The Body Matters After the painstaking (and sometimes...
by Sheryl Collmer | Aug 28, 2019 | by Sheryl Collmer
This post continues a series of adult reflections on the children’s books that comprise our Theology of the Body curriculum for children, called “The Body Matters.” In 2012, I walked the Camino de Santiago, an ancient 500-mile trek from the border of France, to the...
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 Monica | Apr 19, 2018 | TOBET Blog, by Monica Ashour
The Veil was pulled back. The Paschal Mystery was consummated. Our Risen Lord “apokalypsed” (revealed) Eternity encompassing time for His disciples: “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself....
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...
