grade 7 devotions

Since Heritage is a Christian school, part of my duties as the grade 7 homeroom teacher is to lead them in a 15 minute devotional every morning. On one of the first days I was here I asked them to anonymously write down topics or questions they have that they would like addressed in devotions this year. Here are some of the responses:

• (a single word in carefully folded paper): angels 
• Who brought homosexuality to the world? 
• What does the Bible say about the Sabbath? 
• Why did God get angry and kill so many people? He was supposed to love everyone and WE are SUPPOSED to follow his example. 
• I thought a Bible is full of God's words and it talks more about God's kingdom only. But why is it that in Song of Songs, its really full of love things? And why is it that God uses people who do wrong things instead of doing good things? Where is heaven? 
• How did people learn to write? [huh???] 
• About not being a fan but a follower.
• About God's love 'n' grace.
• How old was Jesus when he died? 
• How does hell look like?

Fifteen minutes in the morning, after scrambling around to prepare for lessons: Go! 

We're going to start reading Andy Stanley's Since Nobody's Perfect ... How Good is Good Enough? which the grade 8 homeroom teacher recommended. Maybe that will be a good start ...