Vacation Bible School begins Monday; here's a sense of what our teachers are up against. A boy named Tim was in the garden filling in a hole when his neighbor peered over the fence and asked politely, "What are you doing there, Tim?" "My goldfish died," said Tim tearfully, without looking up, "and I've just buried him." The neighbor observed, "That's an awfully big hole for a goldfish, isn't it?" Tim patted down the last heap of earth, then replied, "That's because he's inside your stupid cat."

Despite the challenges they present, God believes in children. So much, in fact, that he became one. And that he tells us to do the same. Here's why your eternity depends on it.