6th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: July 12, 2020 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 One Drop of Kindness by Jeff Kubiak (Written for ages 5-8) Comment: As we move from the previous series on Job to this new series on 2 Corinthians, there is a natural bridge between the chronicle of Job’s

5th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: July 5, 2020 Job 38:25-27; 41:1-8; 42:1-6 When God Was a Little Girl by David Weiss (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: Last week’s passage focused on God’s power in creation, whole this week centers on God’s creativity. The passage, in contrast to

Title: Here in the Real World Author: Sara Pennypacker Publisher: Balzer & Bray Publication Date: February 4, 2020 ISBN:  978-0062698957 Audience: Ages 8-12 years Summary:  A perfect summer awaits Ware.  Staying with his grandmother in Florida while his parents work double

4th Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 28, 2020 Job 31:35-37; 38:1-11 Older Than the Stars by Karen Fox (Written for ages 7-10) Comment: After several weeks of hearing from Job, we finally hear God’s “out of the whirlwind.” God begins at the very beginning, focusing on the act

3rd Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 21, 2020 Job 14:7-15; 19:23-27 Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In the passage from chapter 14, Job gives us a concrete image of persistent hope. Even an old, dried-up stump – in which it seems there

2nd Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 14, 2020 Job 3:1-10; 4:1-9; 7:11-21 The Feeling Flower by Leah Dakroub (Written for ages 2-5 Comment: After the devastation Job has experienced in the previous two chapters, he expresses his pain and sorrow in no uncertain terms: “Let the

On Friday, we shared the approaches that a few of our Lectionary Links writers have used as they have shared their connections between Scripture and books for our Links posts. We began with Scripture and gathering themes or ideas that speak to you and those with whom you’ll share

For more than 10 years, we’ve had wonderful writers who have shared their love of books and the Bible through the writing of our Narrative and Revised Common Lectionary Links.  To help you as we transition to a searchable archive with no new content, several of them agreed

1st Sunday After Pentecost Year 2: June 7, 2020 Job 1:1-22 The Cats on Ben Yehuda Street by Ann Redisch Stampler (Written for ages 3-8) Comment: The book of Job is meant to be taken as a parable or fable, rather than a historical account. This is clear from the Hebrew

Day of Pentecost Year A:  May 31, 2020 First Reading:  Acts 2:1-21 Drawn Together by Minh Lê (Written for ages 4 -7 years) Comment: Pentecost was one of the three festivals each year that Jews celebrated, in Jerusalem if possible.  So five weeks after the resurrection, there were