A while back I wrote a post about using YouTube videos in the Catholic classroom. Here’s one of my favorite YouTube videos to use at the beginning of the school year to help students be more aware of God’s presence. It can also be used in faculty meetings to help remind teachers to look for the ways God works in their school day. If you teach in a Jesuit school, it might be a good video to use when teaching the examen.
I’ve written a few points for discussion but watch the video closely yourself first to avoid spoilers.
For Meditation/Discussion:
- God is always present in our lives, but we often fail to see him. We get caught up in the details, the busyness, the distractions of our day-to-day lives–in other words, we get so busy counting the passes that we miss the moonwalking bear. God is the moonwalking bear, and when we notice him, we can’t help but break into a smile.
- When was the last time you noticed a “moonwalking bear” in your own life? What was it?
- What are you so focused on that you miss the moonwalking bear?
Thanks Nick! I showed this today and the students loved it. It was a perfect lead in for the homework assignment which was a Mass Preparation Worksheet adapted from a post Jared Dees did. We have Mass tomorrow to celebrate the Feast of St. Matthew. How much we miss by not being alert at Mass! I’m hoping and praying some students will notice something tomorrow that they’ve overlooked before…