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Toward Sunday
This is the last week of our summer worship series based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Worship this Sunday will be rooted in the Parable of the Rich Man & Lazarus ( Luke 16:19-31). Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus June 26 Luke 15:4-32 Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son July 3 Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan July …
Toward Sunday
In worship this week we will turn to the Parable of the Widow and the Judge (Luke 18:1-8 ). Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus June 26 Luke 15:4-32 Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son July 3 Luke 10:25-37 Good Samaritan July 10 …
Toward Sunday
We continue in worship this week by turning to the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard(Matthew 20:1-16 ). Please lead your Kitchen Table through Lectio Divina based on this text. The process is outlined below. Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus June 26 Luke 15:4-32 Lost Sheep,…
Toward Sunday
We continue in worship this week by turning to the Parable of the Pharisee & the Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14). Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. We are practicing Lectio Divina in our Kitchen Tables each week to prepare for worship. We invite our blog readers to try this as well. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series…
Toward Sunday
Worship yesterday invited reflection on how the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price calls us to go “all in” so that God’s love and justice will be known for all and not just for some. We continue in worship this week with focus on the Parable of the Mustard Seed ( Mark 4:30-32 ). Lectio Divina will continue to shape our searching of scripture in our Kitchen Tables and we hope you will use this process for praying this parable as you gather…
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our worship series this week on the parables of Jesus and my message will be rooted in the VERY SHORT parable of the Kingdom of Yeast in the Dough ( Matthew 13:33 ). The Lectio Divina process is outlined below. Our summer worship series is largely based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. Outline of Summer Stories: A Series on the Parables of Jesus…
Toward Sunday
We’ll continue our worship series this week on the parables of Jesus and my message will be rooted in the parable of the Good Samaritan ( Luke 10:25-37). Lectio Divina will continue to shape our searching of scripture in our Kitchen Tables and we hope you will use this process for praying this parable as you gather this week in your Kitchen Tables. The process is outlined below. I hope your experience with Lectio Divina was meaningful last week. Please remember, like every…
Toward Sunday
We begin a new worship series this week on the parables of Jesus. This summer worship series is based on Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy Jill-Levine, a Jewish New Testament scholar who teaches at Vanderbilt. We’ll be introducing Lectio Divina as our summer discipline for searching the scripture in our Kitchen Tables this week. My message this Sunday will weave together three parables: Parable of the Lost Sheep, Parable of the Lost Coin, Parable of the Lost Son/Prodigal…
Prodigal sings to us all
When is a time you remember calling out to God? What was your lament? What did you hear from God? The Prodigal Son The Ghosts that we know The son sings to us all…including God You saw my pain, washed out in the rain And broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins But you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart And you knelt beside my hope torn apart But the ghosts that we knew Will…
Prodigal Son Playlist 3
The parable of the Prodigal Son. What might it feel like for you to be the younger son? What would be the most challenging for you? The son: How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes I struggle to find any truth in your lies And now my heart stumbles on things I don’t know My weakness I feel I must finally show God: Lend me your hand and we’ll conquer them all But lend me your heart and…
Prodigal Son Playlist 2
Read The Prodigal Son and reflect on a time in which you felt “lost” and were welcomed home. The younger son rethinks his choice…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLsUS29UiM The son: And after the storm, I run and run as the rains come And I look up, I look up, on my knees and out of luck, I look up. Night has always pushed up day You must know life to see decay But I won’t rot, I won’t rot Not this mind and…
After the Storm
The parable of The Prodigal Son http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSLsUS29UiM The son: And after the storm, I run and run as the rains come And I look up, I look up, on my knees and out of luck, I look up. Night has always pushed up day You must know life to see decay But I won’t rot, I won’t rot Not this mind and not this heart, I won’t rot. God: And I took you by the hand And we stood tall,…