Apply:How can we learn the lesson of humility before both God and humanity? What can we learn from the example of John here about humility of the soul? Share:Your friend asks you how you came to realize that Jesus is the Messiah and your personal Savior? What do you tell your friend?
and how we are constantly trust-building or trust-busting with our parents. Told some fun stories from my teen years and used a tall Jenga set as an example of trust being difficult to build and maintain but so simple to lose. Students easily resonated with the object lesson, and I felt...
How to render the boringaesthetics of the rectangularinto an object glowing outfrom the uniformity and numbness of the on-life?Suddenly,everyonewaslookingforatiptojustlookbetter,lessboring,andmoreprofessional.TheringlightistherevengeofGenZagainstBoomersandwhite-collarworkers. “Those kids” who spent hou...
Kindergarten kids are often up for a rousing game of any sort. Bring in an oversize box full of interesting objects. Load it up with hats, shoes, toys and household items. Draw the items out one by one and display them for the class to see. Point to the object and ask "Is it......
Holiday Awesomes… A Lesson in Gratitude Posted onDecember 19, 2012 Reply Meister Eckhart once said, “If the only prayer you ever said in life was thank you, that would suffice.” Gratitude is a powerful thing and the simple act of giving thanks is one of the best ways to increase hap...
Creative Teaching Ideas, Game Ideas, Object Lessons Ping Pong Christians April 23, 2014 Leave a comment This lesson uses ping pong balls to remind us that as Christians we can be easily tossed around, unstable, blown off course if we lack faith. But through prayer and belief we can be...
: Object page for CMA’s Prayer Niche (Mihrab) in ArtLens. Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. ArtLens also allows visitors to create their own tours – playlists of their favorite objects with their own catchy titles: “Randomness and Variety,” and “Lightning Tour Before Dinner...
I think you could make an argument that a saladcouldbe art if the maker wanted it to be, but for me, salad as an art object is not really the point. I am more interested in practice and dialogue, an artist’s approach to the entirety of their world, not just their finished works....
Despite the hair loss, chemo, and keeping an Excel spreadsheet of my kids’ schedules and sleepovers with friends and relatives, the lunacy of it all did not escape me. As I rode the rapids toward my bone marrow transplant, I could not get over the sheer comedy that comes from trying ...
religious pluralism; religious ambiguity; contemplative Christianity; lay contemplatives; monasticism; spiritual formation; Centering Prayer Everything depends on maintaining and strengthening the communion we have with God in Christ. We bear fruit by remaining connected to Jesus, just as he bears ...