13th Sunday After Pentecost Year A:  September 3, 2017 First Reading:  Exodus 3:1-15 Hank Finds An Egg by Rebecca Dudley (Written for ages 3-6) Comment: Moses, watching over his father-in-law’s flocks out in the fields, comes upon a burning bush.  From the burning bush, God’s...

13th Sunday After Pentecost Year 3: September 3, 2017 Preaching Text: Matthew 12:1-8 Rulers of the Playground by Joseph Kuefler (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: In this text the Pharisees call out Jesus’ disciples for picking grain on the Sabbath. Each of us, like the...

Title: This House, Once Author: Deborah Freedman Illustrator: Deborah Freedman Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Kids Publication Date: February 28, 2017 ISBN: 978-1-4814-4284-8 Audience: Ages 4-8 Summary: As the inside jacket of the book suggests, the text “asks readers to...

12th Sunday After Pentecost Year A: August 27th, 2017 First Reading:Exodus 1:8-2:10 Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door by Adam Rubin (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In Exodus, we’re told that a new Pharaoh came to power in Egypt, one who had not known Joseph, one who was...

12th Sunday After Pentecost Year 3: August 27, 2017 Preaching Text: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 A Hungry Lion, or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: In this text we are given a glimpse of the tension that exists among the Corinthian...

Title: Say Hello, Sophie! Author: Rosemary Wells Illustrator: Rosemary Wells Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN: 978-1101999257 Audience: Preschool and up.  (not very far up.) Summary: Sophie, a toddler mouse, can’t seem to say words...

11th Sunday after Pentecost Year A:  August 20, 2017 First Reading: Genesis 45:1-15 The Darkest Dark by Chris Hadfield (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In The Darkest Dark, young Chris Hadfield wants to be an astronaut but he is afraid of the dark. In the darkness, he sees aliens,...

10th Sunday After Pentecost Year A: August 13, 2017 First Reading: Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Otis by Loren Long (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:  In Genesis, Joseph’s jealous brothers sell him into slavery, and plan a horrible trick on their father once Joseph is gone. It is a...