I Learned It First in Sunday School

by Cliff Schimmels

Here's a warmhearted look at the institution of Sunday School in a way that brings back fond childhood memories for each of us. You'll smile as you remember lessons you learned in Sunday School that turned out to mean much more than you knew at the time.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Pauline]

I read this primarily because it was in the same volume as another book I was reading, and I had a lot of time on my hands and not much else to do. It's a nice enough book, though I found the emphasis on how wonderful old-time Sunday School traditions were and how it's too bad they're gone somewhat off-putting. I went to Sunday School throughout my childhood but it was in very different kind of church and community and very different kind of Sunday School lessons. I have attended churches that have some vestiges of the traditions he talks about but don't feel any nostalgia for them. I thought some of the lessons he talks about helpful but they could have been learned in lots of places other than Sunday School. So the book is kind of a mix of good lessons learned as a child, meaningful to anyone, and a lot of nostalgia for a particular kind of Sunday School, which may have been good but I'm not convinced it's so bad that it's gone.