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...