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  said on August 20, 2008 at 12:36…

  I really like this rendition of the Jonah and the whale story. It's funny and up to date. Are the interns actors?
• Snuffalupaguss
  said on August 20, 2008 at 12:46…

  This is AWESOME! I have always loved this story and it made me so happy to hear all of you interns doing such a funny (and kinda cute) rendition! Whoever did the voice of Jonah was the best!
• Annette Ruth
  said on August 24, 2008 at 21:21…

  It's great! Jonah is one of my real favourite bible stories - I mean, the whole story. I had a lot of fun listening!
• PruneHilda
  said on August 25, 2008 at 03:11…

  I absolutly LOOOOOVED this! I was so clever, and the wording was great! Who wrote the fantabulous script? They are brilliant! The voices were very funny--HOORAY for the interns! Keep up the good work

  P.H. Once again, kudos to the scriptwriters
• Laurie
  said on August 30, 2008 at 13:46…

  I love the interns work! I love the humor! I love the concept of recording Bible stories in such an entertaining way! I appreciate the effort that went into writing. But God's voice came across to me as mean. And, the podcast treated the Bible story without bringing in the Christian Science concept of the "anger of the Lord representing the self destruction of error." (quick paraphrase from Mary Baker Eddy) For adults (and college students) who know God isn't wrathful, but that "our own backslidings reprove us" (Bible), its cute! For Sunday School children it might convey a mistaken sense of a wrathful God, who punishes with mighty storms, and threatens the existence of whole cities. When I teach this story, I explain that when Jonah turned away from God, he was turning away from safety, comfort, wisdom, etc. Perhaps you could consider adding to this production another voice to bring in the higher concepts in spots, to more clearly convey the beautiful and simple Christianly scientific lesson in this story!
• FranTuretsky
  said on September 03, 2008 at 14:15…

  My 5 year old Sunday School students loved the Jonah podcast a lot! Every detail of it was perfect and really held their attention. They loved all the voices and the story was told in way they could understand and appreciate. My students really got a lot out of good out of the Jonah podcast. The script is totally fabulous and it was great for me to follow along with as my students listened attentively to every word. The Jonah podcast is perfectly childlike and appropriate for young children, and I loved it, too. I'm going to email their parents about it and tell them how to get to it on the site, and I'm also going to give each child a copy of the script to take home and keep. Everyone involved with making the Jonah podcast did a fantastic job! I love all of the interns and TMC Youth a lot! You're all doing a lot of good for Christian Science Sunday School students everyday!!! Keep up your good work!!! All of you are SUPER and you're all doing a SUPER job!!! BRAVO!!!
• Susie
  said on September 09, 2008 at 17:03…

  Great catch on the importance of teaching that God isn't wrathful, Laurie! That's the great privilege of the Christian Science Sunday School teacher - bringing out the spiritual meaning and how it applies to each student. I don't think this podcast is intended to entirely replace the role of the Sunday School teacher, or the importance of reading directly from the Bible - with either of these, a teacher's touch may be needed. So perhaps you could look at this podcast as just another resource that's been offered for people like you and Fran to each use (or not) and interpret in your own ways - clearly they are different, and that's great! Again, that's the beauty of the individuality and flexibility of the Christian Science Sunday School. Thanks so much for being a part of it. :)

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