Can you think of examples in the Bible where civil disobedience was the right and good choice? Of stories when someone chose to stand up for what he/she believed even if it meant loss or punishment because it was the God honoring action? What guidelines would you give to someone who is wrestling with these…… Continue Reading
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DO YOU MAKE LISTS? – Introduction to Lesson 10 – March 16 – 23
Are you a list maker? There are many reasons for choosing to write down all kinds of information that you want to remember or to process. Lists can help to bring order to your thoughts or to things that other people are telling you. There are no rules for making a list. They can be…… Continue Reading
EMBRACING MYSTERY – Introduction to Lesson 9 – March 9 – 16
We live with a great deal of mystery every day, don’t we? The whole world of technology, for example, is quite mind boggling. How does information get from my computer to the I-cloud? How does it then get to someone else’s I-Pad? How is it that my friend in India or Jordan can post something…… Continue Reading
WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? – Intro to Lesson 8 – March 2 – 9
It’s fun to ask young children the question, “What are you thinking about?” The answers are often quite unexpected, sometimes surprising, and usually revealing. It is a good question to ask because in their innocence they will generally tell you the truth and give you genuine insight into their dreams and ideas as well as…… Continue Reading
In The Moment – Insight for Lesson 7
In the moment you and I choose the wrong option more often than we would like to admit, don’t we? We say the unkind words, think the selfish ideas, act on our old desires, choose to yield to temptation, and forget that we really do have the option of “living in the Spirit.” Because I…… Continue Reading
THE CHOICE IS YOURS – Intro to Lesson 7 – Feb. 23 – March 1
The teacher smiled as she heard the response from Jeffrey, her 4 year old pre-school student. She had told the children that it was “clean up time” and then encouraged a small group of children to put the blocks on the shelves where they belonged. She particularly noticed this one little friend who looked at her and…… Continue Reading
Long Distance Vision – Insight for Lesson 6
Young children routinely need vision testing, don’t they? There is no way that they can understand that they are not seeing clearly what others can see. I remember going to the eye doctor as a little girl and discovering that with glasses I could read what the teacher wrote on the blackboard from the back…… Continue Reading
WHO ME? SET FREE? – Intro to Lesson 6 – February 16 – 23
Imagine what it would have been like to be a slave. Whether your chains were visible or not, there would be little or no freedom for you. Your time and energy would be spent in doing the things that your master directed you to do. Your owner would have control of where you lived and…… Continue Reading
God’s Radical Grace – Insight Lesson 5
You can’t really explain it any better than Paul did in Romans 5: 1 – 2 “Since we have been acquitted and made right through faith, we are able to experience true and lasting peace with God through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, the Liberating King. Jesus leads us into a place of…… Continue Reading
WHAT DOES THAT WORD MEAN? – Intro to Lesson 5 – Feb. 9 – 16
Little children are often fascinated by very big words, aren’t they? Sometimes they are quite willing to try to use them in order to have some fun or to impress adults, but our friend Winnie-the-Pooh was a bit more honest about his vocabulary. He said to some of his friends in the 100 acre woods…… Continue Reading