By Sharon T. Markey
September 27, 2024
“Who believes in God?” he interrupted me, standing up in the middle of class and looking around the room at the group of 3-to-12-year-old kids. His name was Bohdan. He was young, but he exuded confidence and defiance, an 8-year-old going on 18. The rest of the kids hesitantly raised their hands or murmured that they believed in God.
“Well, I don’t!” He was cocky and locked eyes with me.
“OK,” I said, shrugging and smiling gently. Inwardly, I was panicking, wondering how I was going to manage this boy for the next three days. We still had six more sessions to get through together! I began to pray that God would touch Bohdan’s heart.
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