By Dan Lentz 1. Bring a large bag of M&Ms® to the group. Pass the bag around the group and ask group members to take the usual amount of candies they would eat as a snack. For each piece a group member takes, ask the member to share something he or she is thankful […]
The Lesson and Life — for November 18, 2012
By Tim Seevers I have been the recipient of a lot of kindness over the years. I remember being away from home when the battery in our van went dead. A man came up the alley near where we had parked our van and noticed I was having trouble. I wasn’t expecting a lot […]
Paul ministers on Malta–The Uniform Lesson for November 18, 2012
By Sam E. Stone Once safely on land after the shipwreck, Paul and his companions learned they were on the island of Malta. Located about 60 miles south of Sicily, it is some 500 miles west of Crete where Paul’s trip to Rome had begun. Warm Welcome Acts 28:1, 2 When the sailors […]
Job’s questions and Jesus’ answers–Job 10-15
By David Faust Comedian Steven Wright asks some thought-provoking questions: • “If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?” • “Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?” • “What’s another word for thesaurus?” • “How young can you die of old age?” In the midst of his suffering Job […]
The Lesson and Life — for November 11, 2012
By Tim Seevers Several years ago I was 12 miles out on Lake Erie with a few friends on a chartered fishing boat. It was a small vessel and we were being tossed around by the waves. After several hours of fishing, a storm came up quickly and we began our journey back to […]