'Summer Stories' Tagged Posts
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
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…