Horizons — Celebrating Sabbath — Sabbath and Surrender
Lesson 4 of the 2022-2023 Presbyterian Women/Horizons Bible Study.
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Lesson 1, "Sabbath and Celebration," of the 2022-2023 Presbyterian Women/Horizons Bible Study.
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Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Matthew 1
Lesson 9: Matthew 1 Growing up, I heard lots of stories about aunts, uncles and cousins from my mother. I heard of..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Mary in the faith tradition
Lesson 8: Mary in the Faith Tradition (Matthew 1:18–2:23) Pictures of Mary often show little emotion. She seems passive. Whether in school..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Mary
Lesson 7: Mary (Matthew 1:18–2:23) If you grew up in a tightknit group, you know how gossip spreads. As Mary’s middle began..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Bathsheba
Lesson 6: Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 1:11-31; 1 Kings 2:13-25) Power corrupts. In this section’s readings, David chooses to stay..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Ruth and Redemption
Lesson 5: Ruth and Redemption In Sunday school, my teachers never taught the sexually suggestive scripture of Ruth Chapter 3. Consider the..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Ruth
Lesson 4: Ruth Soldiers descend from the hills into a village, randomly killing and raping, taking goods and weapons. The soldiers leave..
Horizons 3 — “What My Grandmothers Taught Me”
Lesson 3: Rahab (Joshua 2; 6:22-25) The 1990 movie, “Pretty Woman,” features a young prostitute, Vivian, who gets involved with a very..
Horizons 2 — “What My Grandmothers Taught Me”
Lesson 2: Tamar The trickster is a common character in folk tales around the world. Whether the character is Bugs Bunny in “Looney..
Horizons 1: Family trees
“What My Grandmothers Taught Me” Lesson 1: Family trees My family tree has some characters. My dad’s grandfather came to America in 1881,..
“What My Grandmothers Taught Me” — 2021-2022 PW/Horizons Bible Study Preview
What do the following women have in common? A woman who acted as a prostitute to be faithful to her family. A..
Horizons 9: The end of lament
“Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament” Lesson 9: The end of lament Isaiah 25:6-10; Revelation 21:1-8 Revelation 21:1-8 has long..
Horizons 8: God laments
“Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament” Lesson 8: God laments Hosea 11:1-9; Luke 19:41-44 It has been years since their daughter has..
Horizons 7: Creation laments
“Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament” Lesson 7: Creation Laments Isaiah 24:4-6,8, 19; Romans 8:19-23 Plastic pollution in the oceans..
Horizons 6: “Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament”
Lesson 6: Lamentations 5:1-22; Luke 23:26-31 I remember the lack of trees, shrubs, flowers and playgrounds — the barrenness. I was in..
Horizons 5: “Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament”
Lesson 5: Lamenting Life Anxiety, anger and turmoil stalked us in 2020. With millions of people out of work and infected with..
Horizons 4: “Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament”
Lesson 4: John 11:1-44 It is a story about death, lament, reproach and signs that point to God’s power. It is a..
Horizons 3 ““Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament”
Lesson 3: Jeremiah 9:17-21; Matthew 2:16-18 Elizabeth and her son, Andrew, had set out early in the morning to meet with the..
Horizons 2 “Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament”
Lesson 2: Psalm 137 What do you do with your anger? What do you do with rage? Do you bottle it up..
Horizons 1: “Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament”
Lesson 1: Psalm 22; Matthew 27:45-56 My name is John. For years, clinical depression has dogged at my heels. It rolls in..
Horizons preview: “Into the Light: Finding Hope Through Prayers of Lament”
Anguish, anger, regret, guilt, sadness, loneliness, rage, cries for justice — I have felt all of these in this time of COVID-19..