All Editorial articles – Page 17
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BlogLove your enemies: Session 4
MEETING AIM: To think about how we respond to bullies and explore God’s challenge to love one another.
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BlogDavid and the good shepherd: Session 3
MEETING AIM: To reflect on what it means to be shepherded by God, whatever we may be facing.
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BlogDavid and the good shepherd: Session 3
MEETING AIM: To learn that God is always with us – in good times and bad – and to provide an opportunity to think about cyberbullying.
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BlogHannah and Peninnah: Session 2
MEETING AIM: To explore relationships that cause us pain, and to discuss how we can respond to these.
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BlogJoseph and his brothers: Session 1
MEETING AIM: To learn that God knows about everything we are going through, and to discover that bullying is never OK.
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BlogJoseph and his brothers: Session 1
MEETING AIM: To explore family tensions and how God can transform these.
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BlogWho do you think you are?
Registered users only: Download as a PDF here. I’ve always disliked the question ‘Who do you think you are?’. It’s too black and white. Too final. Too blunt an instrument. It’s like asking patients to diagnose their own conditions. In mentoring, most people need subtler approaches ...
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BlogJoseph and his brothers
MEETING AIM: To think about family relationships and what God has to say about them.
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BlogCraft: Joseph and his brothers
The story of Joseph and his brothers in Genesis 37 is very famous but also fairly shocking. There is fault on both sides. Joseph’s lack of awareness causes him to insult his brothers, while the brothers turn to violence in their jealousy and anger. None of this is good news. This month’s craft ideas explore themes of anger, feelings, behaviour and sadness, but point toward the hope that, whatever happens, God is still there.
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BlogRevenge and love: Session 4
MEETING AIM: To think about the way Jesus calls us to love each other.
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BlogThe good shepherd: Session 3
MEETING AIM: To discover that God is with us and cares about our worries and concerns.
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BlogOctober 2019 : Movie – The Fundamentals of Caring
Registered users only: Download as a PDF here.CLIP: 01:00:00 – 01:07:40 RATING: 15 SYNOPSIS Writer Ben (Paul Rudd) retires after a personal tragedy and becomes a caregiver. The teenager he is caring for, Trevor, is a very angry wheel- chair-using teen whose father has been absent since he received his diagnosis at the age ...
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BlogOctober 2019 : Music – Crown
Registered users only: Download as a PDF here.ARTIST: Stormzy SUITABLE FOR: Over-13s INTRODUCTION Following his appearance at Glastonbury this summer, Stormzy has gained even more attention and perhaps also a wider fanbase! This song explores some of the issues associated with this attention, for example what it means to be placed on a pedestal and carrying a burden of responsibility. It explores how each of us can be a role model to others ...
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BlogOctober 2019 : Parable – Betsy and the baking breakdown
Registered users only: Download as a PDF here. “Maggie, have you got the eggs?” “Yes!” yelled Maggie, getting the box out of the shopping bags. She took them through to the kitchen and gave them to her sister Betsy. “Is that all you got?” asked Betsy. “It was the last box they had. There are ...
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BlogHannah and Peninnah: Session 2
MEETING AIM: To explore how to respond when people are mean to us.
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BlogJoseph and his brothers: Session 1
MEETING AIM: To think about family relationships and how we live with siblings.
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BlogChildren taking the lead to combat climate change
With pupils around the UK leaving school to protest the government’s response to climate change, we ask what young people think about these big issues
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BlogClimate change strikes: Should they, shouldn’t they?
More than 10,000 children and young people across the UK skipped school in February in a planned protest against political apathy toward climate change as part of a wider global movement called Youth Strike 4 Climate. And pupils are continuing to strike as part of Global Climate Strike. But, should we encourage children and young people to take part in civil disobedience?
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Issues‘Jesus helps us rescue trafficked children’
When I was 8 I didn’t know God. I remember watching a broadcast from Feed the Children and it had these kids from Ethiopia. Their stomachs were protruded, flies were landing on their faces and their bones were sticking out of their chests. I remember them saying: ...
