Wonderful in an Easter kind of way

This phrase is from the Godly Play® lesson about the Holy Family, written by Jerome W. Berryman. It says that the Christ Child grew up to be a man and died on the cross. That is very sad, but it is also wonderful, in an Easter kind of way. Now... he is everywhere, and in every time.

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Showing posts with label advent. Show all posts

Showing posts with label advent. Show all posts

26 November 2016

Wondering about Advent

Tomorrow is Advent Sunday! I commissioned this stole from Paula-Marie at Bespoke Stoles . Isn't it lovely? This year I have t...

25 December 2013

Christmas greetings, wherever and however you are

In my last post I left out one Wondering question. Yes, I did ask all four. And the third was the only one that got answered. (Often it ca...

22 December 2013

Fourth Advent

After three weeks of Advent observed in three different countries, today I was back in Finland. As I did on Second Advent, I presented the ...

15 December 2013

Third Advent

(I'm posting this from Stockholm Arlanda airport, and having a little trouble with editing. One photo is missing and the font keeps chan...

01 December 2013

Happy New [liturgical] Year!

We visited my parents' church today. They had purple and pink Advent candles in the Sunday School / Fellowship group session, and r...

24 December 2012

are you ready?

Christmas is coming, ready or not! Berryman's script reminds us that if people aren't ready, they can just walk right through a m...

02 December 2012

gifts for godchildren

I'm so pleased with some gifts that I delivered last weekend that I'm very tempted to write a self-congratulatory post. I'm goin...

22 December 2011

Advent art - initial reflections

As "stf" has commented, it is worth my reflecting upon what is behind my unwillingness to let go of control over the finished prod...

21 December 2011

advent art, part 4

It was a rush to get the collage ready for 4th Advent. I wasn't yet finished when stf came to collect me for Junior Church, so I broug...

20 December 2011

advent art, part 3

By the third week in Advent, a good deal more of the picture had taken shape. At least one child was pretty sure that this was go...

19 December 2011

advent art, part 2

(continued from yesterday ) Another problem with my art idea was that I wanted the children to be surprised by the end result. This meant ...

18 December 2011

advent art, part 1

Way back when we had the children in Big Church for Fr Rupert's last service with us, I invited the children to do some cut and paste ...

11 December 2011

topical response work

The children in my Godly Play classroom are aged 2-6. They almost always choose to work with the art materials during Response Time, rather ...

05 December 2011

Oh yes I know

One reader emailed to say that the song I mentioned in my previous post had been unknown to her until she Googled it after reading what I...

04 December 2011

Our Second Second Advent

Second of Advent last year was my first full Godly Play session with children. It was held in my living room, with two children in attendanc...

27 November 2011

Hopeful Advent

Just a quick post to share a link that Leslie at Thoughts from the Sheepfold pointed me to. This is a two-minute explanation of what Adven...

18 November 2011

looking ahead to Advent

The first time I tried leading a complete Godly Play session was for an "away-day" for adults in our church. We used the Godly Pla...

12 April 2011

Advent in Lent

This week a child chose to work with story materials during our response time. This is a rare event, and one that makes me inordinately plea...

02 March 2011

Boxing Day

[This is the last in a series of posts about our first Godly Play sessions, last December, in my own house.] Christmas Day last year fell ...

01 March 2011

Advent - a third child

[I've travelled back in time, to tell about our first Godly Play sessions, last December, in my own house.] By the fourth Sunday in Ad...

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