A four-week Advent Bible study on the major characters of the Christmas story -- Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, and the wisemen. Designed for small groups or as an interactive online Bible study
Also, after I say the Opening Sentences on BCP 80 and the Invitatory on BCP 82-83, I move the Morning Prayer bookmark (in my case, a ribbon) to the Canticle which will follow the Psalms and OT lesson. Today, for example, that would be for Sunday, in Advent (A), so Canticle 11...
when we can go directly to God on our own. Such views ignore the power and influence of mothers throughout the Bible, as well as their privileged status before God as persons of
“I, like many new parents, struggled with the idea of perpetuating a ‘false belief’ and thus undermining my children’s trust. But then I turned to the Bible and saw how Jesus, who spoke absolute truthalways, often spoke that truth in parables. He knew something about people’s hearts...
William Barclay / The Daily Study Bible Series / the Gospel of John – Volume 1 Revised Edition Westminster Press / Philadelphia 1975 / pp. 75-80. With love, Bob Traupman contemplative writer Advent Christmas-2020,Advent-Christmas 2017"I am not worthy to loosen his sandal straps","I am ...
"I will have nothing to do with your religion or with your Christ," said Sharma at the first lesson. Needless to say, the young ladies did not retort. When it became necessary for the girls to travel to the plains that they might continue their language study, they asked Sharma to ...
A 9-lesson study of the first 12 chapters of the Acts of the Apostles, with focus on recurring themes.