John 4:4-30 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. What a scandal! Jesus, the holy man everyone was talking about initiated a conversation with a promiscuous Samaritan woman. Didn’t Jesus know the three-strikes-you’re-out rule? Jews don’t socialize with Samaritans – strike one. Jews should snub promiscuous people – strike two. Jewish men don’t go out of their way to speak to women – strike three. Jesus
Listen to the poem “My Shadow” in my last blog post with your child. Then look for some fun ways to play with shadows. Hand shadow of bird in flight At night walk past a street light and pay attention to your shadows as they go from a small puddle-like shadow beneath you to a very long shadow as you walk farther away from the light. This ties directly in with the poem so re-read the verse about the shadow growing. Guessing
grandma_janice_03_My Shadow Share this recording with your children. It will open in a separate window so you can return to this screen and read the text as you listen. MY SHADOW by Robert Louis Stevenson I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me, from the heels up to the head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into
John 3:1-17 Click on this link to read the passage. You may select your preferred version of the Bible after the link opens. This passage of scripture is very familiar to those who have grown up in any denomination that follows Christian teachings. In this passage is found the roots that most evangelicals cling to for their beliefs in what one must do to be saved. Nicodemus was one of the Pharisees. He came to see Jesus at night for a
“Happy Purim! ” “Happy what?” “Happy Purim! You know, when Queen Esther saved all the Jews from getting killed.” Are you one of the people “in the know” about Purim, or is this a holiday you have never heard of?Chances are you remember something about the story of Queen Esther from the Old Testament. It is one of my favorites. The Jewish holiday Purim begins at sundown on Saturday, March 19, 2011 and continues twenty-four hours until sundown on Monday, March 20. (Like Easter,