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5th Sunday in Lent Year A:  March 29, 2020 First Reading:  Ezekiel 37:1-14 Dem Bones by Bob Barner (Written for ages 4-8) Comment:  Perhaps you have seen a skeleton on Halloween or in a health class at school God gave Ezekiel, the prophet,  a vision of a whole valley, probably a

Pentecost May 20, 2018: Year B First Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14 On that Day: A Book of Hope for Children by Andrea Patel (Written for ages 4-7 years) Comment: In her book On that Day: A Book of Hope for Children, Andrea Patel seeks to empower children to help the world in different

Second Sunday of Advent Year 3: December 10, 2017 Preaching Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14 The Message of the Birds by Kate Westerlund (Written for ages 4-8) Comment: As I read this text, I thought of the images of horrors and hopelessness that we see daily, of broken bodies robbed of

Year A: April 2, 2017 5th Sunday in Lent First Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14 The Grand Mosque of Paris by Karen Gray Ruelle (Written for 8-11) Comment: The subtitle of this book is The Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust. It’s a book based on, and the telling of, a

5th Sunday of Lent Year A:  April 6, 2014 First Reading: Ezekiel 37:1-14 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (Written for ages 6-9) Comment:  “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain that they may live.” (v9) The wind

5th Sunday in Lent Year A: April 10, 2011 First Reading: Ezekiel 37: 1-14 Fire! The Renewal of a Forest by Celia Godkin (Written for Ages 5-8) Comment: As readers view a forest floor filled with the charred remains of trees, Godkin writes, “It looked like nothing would ever grow