A Heavenly Take on Nerdiness

Shannon Steuerwald

As I sat down to write this article and was thinking through the theme of Christian education, I started counting all the different “school” experiences I’ve had. I went from homeschool to public school to Christian school. Plus, I grew up attending weekly Sunday school. While in homeschool, I learned to read. While in public school, I learned to gamble playing with marbles and to run fast playing kiss chase (don’t worry, no boy caught me). As a Christian school student, I learned to think critically and biblically (thus, no more gambling and kiss chase), and I also learned what I didn’t know (which was quite a bit according to my mom who worked to catch me up to my grade level). While in Sunday school, I have learned to value the rehearsal of God’s Word (so I have no plans to “graduate” from Sunday school). I also experienced community college, Bible college, and Christian university. I won’t go into detail of what I learned at each of those institutions, but all three played key roles in my growth and understanding of God’s big world.