La Oruga Muy Hambrienta [The Very Hungry Caterpillar]

September 26, 2012.Reading time 14 minutes.

Mateo 17:1-9/Matthew 17:1-9 Mariposas Cuando era un niño, recuerdo que mis papas leyeron un libro que se llamaba La Oruga Muy Hambrienta. Cuantos de Uds. han leído este libro? Es ecrito por Eric Carle. Es muy corto. Y lo voy a leer: Al claro de luna reposa un huevecillo sobre una hoja. Un domingo de […]

Get Your Sabbath On

September 26, 2012.Reading time 16 minutes.

Genesis 1:26-2:4: Down-to-Earth Resting Unplug the television And make way for an old vision Which will now be a new vision Yes Headliner, lay the foundation Dig your hands in the dirt That’s right Children play with earth Gain knowledge of the big But small earth around you Dig your hands into the dirt The […]

Genesis #2: Creation is Pretty Cool

September 20, 2012.Reading time 17 minutes.

Genesis 1:14-25 The Still-Creating God How many of you have a baby book? I’m looking at mine right now. I also have my HS scrapbook that my mom put together before my HS graduation party. The only reason that I have these in front of me is because my parents just recently moved to Colorado […]

In the Beginning….

September 12, 2012.Reading time 17 minutes.

Genesis 1:1-13 NRSV The Ginormous Story VIDEO: Children of Eden Let there be Let there be Let there be…light I woke up from a curious dream I dreamed a perfect garden And there were whirling shapes And swirling sounds And I wasn’t lonely anymore I woke up from a wonderful dream Woke, full of energy […]

A Response

September 12, 2012.Reading time 16 minutes.

Mark 7:1-23 The Human Heart Leads Us… Today’s story is in the Gospel of Mark. Remember that Mark is known to be the first Gospel written—the one that the other Gospels borrow from. Imagine yourself in Syria. Yes, a long time ago, but in Syria. The authors of Mark may have gathered together this […]

Hmmm…Bread

September 12, 2012.Reading time 17 minutes.

John 6:35-51 NYE Reflection #4: Imitating Bread VIDEO/STORY: JR Martinez: you have a voice: you want to make a change? JR Martinez’s story is inspiring. In the blink of an eye he went from a confident nineteen-year-old in Iraq cruising in the desert in a Humvee to a helpless, burning soul trapped inside a […]

One

September 12, 2012.Reading time 15 minutes.

John 6:24-35 NYE Reflection #3: What Must We Do to Be One? The sounds, the images, the feelings of National Youth Event still linger on. Indeed, we imagined a better world and a blessed community in which all people were welcomed and accepted for who they are, and their gifts embraced. Our imaginations were expanded […]

Welcome

September 12, 2012.Reading time 14 minutes.

John 6:1-21 NYE Reflection #2: Extending Extravagant Welcome VIDEO: NYE: Carissa Yinmed You just heard from Carissa Yinmed, a high school student from Wailuku, Maui, in Hawai’i. Carissa shared her experiences as an outsider who at the age of ten, left her Micronesian community of Yap for Hawai’i. Carissa was one of the featured speakers […]

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