Multiple things about this photo disturb me.

1) Notice the multiple children playing unsupervised in the background while Evan, seated in a chair too small for him, apparently enjoys a moment of personal reading.

2) There appear to be no children within 6 feet of Evan. Which begs the question of what exactly Evan is doing hanging out in children’s ministry with no kids around.

3) When kids like reading children’s books, that’s good. When adults like Evan enjoy reading children’s books… something is amiss. (Although too many classes at UNO could certainly make one long for the relief of a good children’s book – with large type and lots of pictures).

4) It APPEARS – and I realize appearances can be deceiving – that Evan has torn open the toy box and scattered baby toys around the floor in a moment of childlike delight. Again, I’m not SURE that’s what’s happened… but a picture is worth a thousand words, as they say.

Ev, would you care to comment?

(Thanks to Nathan M, stealth Coram Deo photographer, for giving us some photojournalist-esque insight into what really goes on in the children’s ministry.)