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The Single Individual ‘…with invisible letters behind every word in Holy Scripture a disturbing notice confronts (the reader) – for there it reads: go and do likewise.’ Works of Love
If you grew up in Christian churches since childhood, like I did, you may have played games in Sunday School. The games were usually centered on learning something about the Bible and in one way or another involved competition. One popular game, at least in the Northeast part of America, was the sword drill. Perhaps you played it as well, and have memories of something similar to this … The classroom was a damp one tucked in the corner of a dying Baptist church outside of Philadelphia. To my left and right there formed a haphazard circle of other pre-adolescent Christians, each wearing a slightly different shade of khaki pants. We sat in our metal folding chairs, our trembling hands held tightly to our Bibles, ready for action at the call. We waited in suspense. Seconds felt like hours. Cheap candy was at stake. ‘Matthew 28:19!’ our teacher ordered. We all hastily shuffled the thin paper that comprised the pages of our Bibles, franticly searching for the verse. I don’t remember who won, but whoever it was stood proud and read the passage,