4th Sunday in Lent Year B:  March 11, 2018 First Reading: Numbers 21:4-9 Stop Following Me, Moon! by Darren Farrell (Written for ages 3-5) Comment: In Numbers, the Israelites have been rescued from the terrible oppression of Egypt, but then they complain about the rescue. In this...

Fourth Sunday in Lent Year 4: March 11, 2018 Preaching Text: John 18:28-40 Muddle & Mo by Nikki Slade Robinson (Written for ages 3-6) Comment: This text presents different lenses in how people saw and attempted to understand Jesus’ identity. Who is Jesus? A criminal, a king,...

3rd Sunday in Lent YEAR B: March 4, 2018 First Reading: Exodus 20:1-17 No, David! by David Shannon (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: In No, David, young David causes trouble, damaging objects, breaking rules. Over and over his parents cry, “No, David!”. While we know that David...

Third Sunday in Lent Year 4: March 4, 2018 Preaching Text: John 18:12-27 Loretta: Ace Pinky Scout by Keith Graves (Written for ages 5-9) Comment: To fully encounter Peter’s experience in this text, we must hold it in relationship to what happened before and will happen after his...

Title: The Secret of Salix Babylonicus Author:  Timothy Matthew Slemmons Illustrator: Timothy Matthew Slemmons Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN:  9781500142216 Audience:  Youth and adults Summary: Salix Babylonicus, the weeping willow, may have a bad...

2nd Sunday of Lent Year B: February 25, 2018 First Reading: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin (Written for ages 3-7) Comment: God comes to Abram and Sarai,makes a promise to them, and tells them about all the wonderful things to come....

Second Sunday in Lent Year 4: February 25, 2018 Preaching Text: John 13:1-17 I’m My Own Dog by David Ezra Stein (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: In this text, Jesus turns the disciple’s understanding of leadership upside-down. He is calling them to view leadership through the lens...

First Sunday in Lent YEAR B: February 18, 2018 First Reading: Genesis 9:8-17 The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield (Written for ages 4-7) Comment: A bear discovers a piano in the woods, and over time becomes a musical virtuoso and his friends in the woods all enjoy his...