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Bible Stories: Escape to Egypt

I have been teaching stories from the book of Matthew to my Bible class children on Sunday mornings. When I came to the lesson from Matthew 2:12-23, I thought that it was a lesson the children should know, but that they probably would not find the lesson very interesting. I was so wrong! I am not sure what intrigued them so much, but they really enjoyed the lesson. The short lesson over Jesus’ family’s escape to Egypt and then eventual settling in Nazareth really grabbed the children’s attention. So I encourage you to teach your children this story, and do … Continue reading →

Activities for the Story of Christ’s Birth

I always think that crafts are a great way to enhance any Bible story which you teach your children. Crafts engage children in a different way than a Bible story lesson; however, crafts help to reiterate the lesson the children have just learned. In the Bible class I teach, I use the craft time to ask the children about what they are making, and thus ask them if they really learned the lesson I just finished teaching. I also like to use what I call “craft-like” activities to employ the children to retell the Bible story they just learned. I … Continue reading →

Holiday Opportunity

As you may or may not know, I do not celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday for many of the same reasons I do not celebrate Easter as a religious holiday. I have outlined those reasons in a previous blog, and that is not what this blog is about. While I do not celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday I do celebrate it in a secular way. I exchange gifts with family and friends. I help cook the family-style mashed potatoes. I bake the Christmas cookies and decorate them with red and green icing and sprinkles on top. One of … Continue reading →

The Modern Magi – Carol Lynn Pearson

In “The Modern Magi: a Christmas Fable” by celebrated author Carol Lynn Pearson, we meet Annabelle Perkins, a woman of slightly advanced years who has one dream: to visit the Holy Land. In her possession is a small bronze lamb that has been passed down to her by her mother, along with the idea that someday, that lamb would be taken to Bethlehem and left there as a gift for the baby Jesus. Annabelle is not in good health anymore; her heart could give out at any time, and she knows that if she is to make that trip to … Continue reading →