The furnace begins to groan and rattle. A billow of ugly black smoke emerges from the heat register. The Old Man (Ralphie’s father) declares: “It’s a clinker! That blasted stupid furnace dadgummit!” Ralphie narrates: “In the heat of battle, my father wove a tapestry of obscenity that, as far as […]
I am all out of the free of the Christian Mandalas Study Book samples. Sorry. The books are typically under $12 and can be found on Amazon.com at the following link: Small Group Curriculum
I am constantly amazing by Jesus the teacher. I see him using Bruner’s three learning modes in his interaction with Thomas. Think about how the parables of Jesus draw you in and get you thinking, actively trying to unravel the meaning of his brief engaging stories. Christian mandalas enable Christians, […]
We turn to Jesus the teacher. In John 20:24-29 (NIV) we have: 24 Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks […]
Jesus, Jerome Bruner, and the Apple Macintosh. Yes, they are connected. In this short study we will see how Jesus used modern learning theory to school one of his disciples. It should give us a new perspective of how good of a teacher Jesus is. It’s rather amazing. Let’s begin […]
If you are starting up a small group this January and you don’t have materials yet please consider one of the Christian Mandalas Studies. It’s rather easy. Get the Leader’s Guide DVD, shown in the image, off Amazon.com at […]
The image Light and Vines is a Christian Mandala. It was inspired by two of the I AM statements of Jesus: I AM the light of the world, and I AM the true vine. The vines all connect […]
In the book: Move: What 1,000 Churches Reveal about Spiritual Growth, the author’s rollup and summarize data from a survey of over a 1,000 churches. Here’s a quote from page 167: “If they [Church Pastors] could do only one thing to help people at all levels of spiritual maturity grow […]
I really like Eugene Peterson’s translation of Psalm 1:2. Rather than translating the Hebrew Hagah as meditate, he renders it as Chew on. So in The Message, Psalm 1:2 reads as: Instead you thrill to God’s Word; you chew on Scripture day and night. When you find yourself in that place, […]
I was reading William Barclay’s commentary on Luke and came across this thought: “God’s inspiration does not come to those who sit with folded hands and lazy minds and only wait, but to those who think and seek and search. True inspiration comes when the searching mind joins with the […]
