This is Sarah’s writing prompt for the day, so I want to remember to give her credit.  I neglected to do so when I wrote the other day about my favorite toy.  Anyway, I don’t like to call it a ritual, but I enjoy teaching Sunday school every Sunday.  I have been teaching at my church for almost two decades, so I have had the privilege of watching some of my students grow up into young adults and still be attending the church.  I started teaching grades 5-6.  Then, the church lost members, so I taught a combined class of grades K-6.  For the last year, I have been teaching grades 6-8.  So, I am flexible about my teaching, but no matter what group I am engaged with, I enjoy seeing their curiosity.  I am really excited about my current curriculum.  I am teaching from Anwers in Genesis, a set of studies that helps students to answer their own questions as well as the questions of others who attack their faith.  As I prepare today for tomorrow’s lesson, I know that I will find myself learning and exploring new things from God’s Word.  It’s exciting to me to let the children know that evolution is a THEORY, not an absolute truth of science.  It’s exciting to explore the real dimensions of Noah’s ark and how it was even possible to fit all those animals on board. Although many teach that this is a fictional story in the Bible, I teach that everything in the Bible is real and true.  If you really want to explore the Bible, I can highly recommend Answers in Genesis.  Their motto is “believing it, defending it, proclaiming it.”  If you need to defend your faith, I have found no study that is more sound and Biblically based than this one.  So, to summarize, my favorite ritual is teaching Sunday School…and each week I learn more about myself, my faith and that of my students.  I hope that you will share your Sunday “ritual” and I hope it has something to do with worshipping our Creator on a day set aside for Him.