Joe Hale must be ranked...
Joe Hale must be ranked as, technically, one of the worst Sunday school teachers ever
recruited. Of course, it was not easy to get a volunteer to face our boys' fourth grade
class. We were notorious.
Joe was not only at least seventy years old, but he believed education is at its best when
the teacher talks and the students sit and listen. Sitting still and listening intently were
skills not generally practiced by our class. In addition, Joe tended to deliver his Bible
lectures with his eyes closed! The first Sunday Joe taught our class, we left thinking the