Seeds
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Paper-Making: The Kingdom of Heaven Is Like . . .
This is an 8-Sunday series, I did on the Kingdom of Heaven parables in Matthew. What strung these Sundays together was a making paper activity. Below are highlights of what was done each Sunday. Why Parables? Scripture: Parable of the Soils “Jesus’ disciples came and said to him, ‘Why do you use parables when you…
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Paper-Making and Jeremiah
11 I know the plans I have in mind for you, declares the Lord; they are plans for peace, not disaster, to give you a future filled with hope. (Jeremiah 29.11) Some dear friends of mine and I planned and led worship for Synod School in Storm Lake, IA. It’s a Presbyterian Church (USA) denominational conference.…
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Paper-making & Psalms
I recently switched to the Narrative Lectionary. One of the many reasons, I like the narrative lectionary is that I find myself preaching texts that I would usually not choose to preach. The book of Psalms is one of them. However, I found Walter Brueggemann’s The Message of the Psalms very helpful in giving meaning and a…
Still Waters 