EVELYN September 2018
Once upon a time. . . . Our Storytelling Class at a local retirement community was launched approximately two years after God opened the door for us in 2005 to teach a weekly Bible study at the facility. As I sat in the Library waiting for the crowds to arrive on that afternoon in 2007, one Jewish woman entered the room. “Are you here for the Storytelling Class?” I asked. “No, I’m here to read the newspaper,” she replied and sat in a chair behind me. Robert, a 92 year-old Jewish non-believer, entered the room. While we waited for others to arrive, Robert asked questions about Jesus. As we conversed, I wondered if the newspaper-reading lady could hear us. Ten minutes into our conversation, I stopped wondering when she answered a question that I had posed to Robert! I then addressed Evelyn directly and explained to her that I teach the Jewish roots of Christianity. I told her that I teach against anti-Semitism. Looking puzzled, Evelyn asked, “Do you attend a normal church