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Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Oct 21, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: Luke 18:9-14
Reflect: We pray to God for many reasons. We pray to say “Thank you!” (thanksgiving) “I’m sorry.” (penitence) “I love you!” (oblation, adoration) or even “WOW!” (praise). We...
Read MoreNineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Oct 14, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: Luke 18:1-8
Reflect: “That’s not fair!” Children instinctively know when something is unjust. For younger children, it is difficult to accept that we don’t always get what we want. As we get older...
Read MoreEighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Oct 7, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: Luke 17:11-19
Reflect: “Thank you” is among the first phrases we learn to speak or sign. Maybe your parents have asked you “What’s the magic word?” or to “Remember to say ‘please’ and ‘th...
Read MoreSeventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Sep 30, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: Luke 17:5-10
Reflect: Children and adults both rarely seem to have enough; we always yearn for something we don’t possess. It might be something tangible like a toy a child saw at a friend’s house o...
Read MoreSixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Sep 23, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: Luke 16:19-31
Reflect: I remember a stark transition in my children when they were around two years old. It seemed like overnight they went from focusing only on their own needs to noticing obvious needs o...
Read MoreFifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Sep 16, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: 1 Timothy 2:1-7
Reflect: Today’s epistle comes from 1 Timothy, a book all about how churches should organize and structure themselves. This reading begins with a best practice for prayer lists. First, �...
Read MoreFourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Sep 9, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: Luke 15:1-10
Reflect: In this text we hear self-righteous religious leaders grumbling over Jesus’ decision to dine with tax collectors and other sinful people. The Pharisees had laws forbidding them fro...
Read MoreThirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Sep 2, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: Luke 14:25-33
Reflect: Of all the gospel stories we share with young children, this one ranks among the most difficult. “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, broth...
Read MoreTwelfth Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Aug 26, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: Luke 14:1, 7-14
Reflect: Jesus regularly addresses the social, political, and religious norms of his day by challenging a practice society accepts, then offering an alternative that aligns more with the Re...
Read MoreEleventh Sunday after Pentecost
posted on Aug 19, 2019Lectionary Based Readings & Reflections
Adult and Small Child
Read: Psalm 103:1-8
Reflect: Passion is a strong, beautiful emotion. When you are passionate, you pour your heart and soul into what you are doing. Can you think of something into which you have poured your enti...
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