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Kids Korner: Mary & Martha (July 17th)

Read Luke 10:38-42 with your family. The story of Mary & Martha has often been seen as a housework story, because people in past decades and centuries thought that was what “women’s work” meant. They were wrong, so we have a history of not understanding either Mary or Martha. Mary and Martha were sisters, and…
New: Gospel of Luke

So many of you love the children’s stories told with my handmade dolls (yes, I knit every single one). I have gathered the stories together in order to tell the entire Gospel of Luke. There are some holes in continuity which I intend to fill in, and more stories will be added each week as…
Sunday Reflection – July 10, 2022

The Good Samaritan 25 An expert in the Law of Moses stood up and asked Jesus a question to see what he would say. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to have eternal life?” 26 Jesus answered, “What is written in the Scriptures? How do you understand them?” 27 The man replied, “The Scriptures say, ‘Love…
Kids Korner: Being the Samaritan (July 10th)

Read Luke 10:25-37 with your family. This is a very familiar story, and very well loved. It is such an important story that it has shaped the imaginations of people around the world. There are Good Samaritan laws in many countries, protecting people who try to help the sick or hurting. There are social agencies…
Sunday Reflection – July 3, 2022

Old Rejections And New Followers Luke 10 Later the Lord chose 70 other followers and sent them out two by two to every town and village where he was about to go. 2 He said to them: A large crop is in the fields, but there are only a few workers. Ask the Lord in charge of the…
Kids Korner: Jesus sends out 70 evangelists (July 3rd)

Read Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 with your family. We tend to focus on the 12 disciples that Jesus sent out to spread the news of the Gospel, and forget that before Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, he had sent out 70 people in pairs, to tell others about God’s message. Unlike the 12 named apostles, we hear…
Sunday Reflection – June 26, 2022

Old Rejections And New Followers Luke 9 51 Not long before it was time for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem. 52 He sent some messengers on ahead to a Samaritan village to get things ready for him. 53 But he was on his way to Jerusalem, so the…
Kids Korner: Following Jesus can mean hard choices (June 26th)

Read Luke 9:51-62 with your family. Adults like to show children that Jesus was always loving and kind. But Jesus was also annoyed with his followers and tired of excuses. In today’s reading Jesus tells two of his closest friends, John and James, that they could not be mean just because they didn’t like how…
Sunday Reflection – June 19, 2022

A Man With A Demon In Him Luke 8 26 Jesus and his disciples sailed across Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa. 27 As Jesus was getting out of the boat, he was met by a man from this town. The man had demons in him. He had gone naked for a…
Kids Korner: Jesus heals (June 19th)

Read Luke 8:26-39 with your family. Sometimes when we read the stories in the Bible, they are very confusing and we want to ask more questions. Often those questions can be answered if we remember that the stories in the Bible happened in another time and place. In today’s story, the ‘demon’ identified itself as…