Mr. Dunk's Blog

***At the Beach 

(Written to demonstrate peacemaking skills for our chapel)

(Chairs moved to make volleyball net.  All class on each side of net.)

Noah:  We’re going to win this.  These girls aren’t that good anyway.

Boys:  Ha, ha, ha!  They’re going to totally lose!

Rosie:  Hey, girls!  Did you just hear those boys?  What about we go tell our mom?

Girls:  Yeah.

Rosie:  Hey, Mom, those boys said we aren’t very good at volleyball.

Mom:  Well, girls, have you thought about solving it yourselves yet?

Girls:  Well, not quite yet.

Mom:  Well, how about you go and try to solve the problem by using peacemaking, and if that doesn’t work, you may come right back to me.

Rosie:  Hey, boys, why did you say mean things about us?

Noah:  Because you girls are really bad at volleyball, and we beat you every time.

Rosie:  How about we all have one whole practice together, and then we’ll be good both ways.

Boys:  Awesome!  Yeah!

Noah:  And will you please forgive us for saying you are bad players?  That was unkind of us.

Girls:  Yes, we forgive you.

Rosie:  Let’s practice a peacemaking Bible verse. Which are we going to do?  Let’s do Proverbs 21:23.  That sounds like a good idea.  How about we practice it right now?

 

***All:  Proverbs 21:23  “He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.”

 

Narrator:  After they played the game of volleyball, the boy team won and after the boy team won, they all went out to dinner and celebrated.

 

All:  Ephesians 4:32  “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

 

I went to college in Keene to play basketball, and I think you should go visit there too.

You will see how big the college is.  There are six basketball courts!  There is at least two buildings.  You get to see the pools and play basketball.  You might be able to swim in the pools.  I had five basketball games there.  You will love to play basketball there.  There is a weightlifting station, and there is a huge track about three of the basketball courts.  If you go there, you might be able to exercise in the weightlifting station, and you might be able to exercise on the track.

You will love the Keene College, so you should visit.

One day there was a golden hamster named Curry.  He just got out of his house to go take a walk.

Curry was having so much fun that he got lost out in the woods.  He was so lost that he could not find his way home.  Then Curry found out that there were seeds falling out of his pocket while he was walking.  Now he will follow the seed path home.

Curry finally got home.  He is going to have a nice, warm chicken noodle soup dinner.  After Curry eats his dinner, he goes to bed.

Oh, Lord!  I love Your creation!

I love the trees,

I love the plants,

And all the animals.

I love all the dirt and mud and all of the insects.

I just love Your creation, oh Lord!

 

The sun is beaming,

The clouds are withering away.

Oh, there are enough sticks on the ground to make a tree!

The important part is that it is green.

It is green!

It is green!

A blacksmith provides metal resources such as hammers and axes and stuff like that.  A blacksmith works on bending metal.  He bends the metal until the piece of metal looks like he wants it to look.  If you came into the blacksmith shop, you would see the blacksmith working on his pieces of metal.  Sometimes there is more than one blacksmith in one blacksmith shop.

The creek is brown hot chocolate

With white foamy marshmallows.

There’s also a glorious crackling sound

Of the leaf chips.

I also like the big tall sugarcanes.

I also love the bush salad.

The brown spring is a yummy feast.

 

To have a hamster, first you need to have a cage and a lid to the cage.  (Always make sure you close the lid to the cage.)  Second, make sure you have a food bowl.  Make sure you feed your hamster every day.  Third, get a water bottle and a drip dish.  Make sure you fill it up when it is empty and refill it every three days.  Finally, get a hamster wheel and a hamster ball.  Let it exercise every day.  Give it some treats too!  Have fun!