Object: A highway map, several published trail guides, and a Bible.

Lesson: Love; mercy; kindness; neighborliness.

After the children gather, I hold up the highway map which I have partially unfolded. "What is this?" I ask. Everyone agrees it is a map.

"What are some reasons we might use a map?" I continue.

"To find out how to get someplace," Mary suggests.

"To find the best way to go," Charles adds.

"Yes," I answer, "we can use maps for both of those things. In addition, the little symbols on the map tell us some of the points of interest we might want to see along the way."

Next I hold up the guides to various area trails, but they are not as easy as the map for the children to identify. Noting the interested, but puzzled, looks on the children's faces, I tell them, "These are gui…