Dear Friends, This week's Lesson includes ideas on spiritual sense, sight, vision, hearing, listening, etc. Elaine Follis once said in a talk she gave at Principia College, "Every problem we will ever have is essentially a vision problem." In other words, how are we seeing? How is God seeing? How did Jesus see? This Lesson gives us a glimpse of the answers to these questions.
Research on stories or passages in the Lesson:
Word Study for Lesson on "Soul"
Is 55. 3 Golden Text (Incline your ear)
Is 29: 18 Responsive Reading (the deaf shall hear the words)
Psalms 19:7,8 "Law of the Lord"
SAMUEL RESEARCH:
I Sam. 3: Samuel hears God call three times
"Voices Not Our Own" MBE hears God call three times
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Chart on material vs spiritual senses
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Recommended sources on "sight" found in the Christian Science periodicals or on the podcasts on JSH online:
"I See!", Noel D. Bryan-Jones, CSJ, December 1946
"Mind Sees," Hazel Willoughby Harrison, CSJ, July 1980
Podcast on "Seeing Clearly" with Janet Heinemann Clements, Oct. 14, 2014
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Ideas for teaching the Bible to children:
Samuel and Eli for young children
Chart for qualities of synonyms
For older students: on identity (This sheet is helpful when we are working with the idea of identity for anyone, including ourselves.)
Identity Worksheet for older children (blank)
Identity Worksheet with answers from our Pastor
I hope these ideas are helpful as you work on this wonderful Lesson!
With love,
Kathy
P.S. Always check back during the week to see if I've added anything to the blog as I study the Lesson more deeply.