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Sunday School Art (by Naomi Friend)

In 2012-13 I co-taught a pair of adult Sunday school classes on the Minor Prophets and the Parables of Jesus. My co-teacher Naomi Friend drew a drawing during each class that illustrated our topic. Each of these posts features one of her drawings. For the Parables of Jesus class, we also looked at other parable art and sang parable-related songs. Each of the post for that class includes links to art and song suggestions. I updated several of the parable posts after revisiting the material for my 2017-2018 high school Sunday school class on Jesus in the Gospels. I still need to add four more posts: The Parable of the Talents, The Wicked Tenants/The Great Banquet, The Friend at 3 a.m., and The Wicked Tenants/The Great Banquet.

Minor Prophets

Introduction & Jonah
Amos
Hosea
Zephaniah
Nahum & Obadiah
Habakkuk
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

Parables of Jesus

The Parable of the Sower
The Parables of the Mustard Seed & the Leaven
The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price
The Parables of the Lost Sheep and the Lost Coin
The Parable of the Lost Sons
The Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds
The Parables of the Barren Big Tree and the Ten Bridesmaids

Original Liturgical Texts

I regularly write confessions, litanies and other liturgical texts for our worship services. Here are some of them:

Psalm 130 Lenten Litanies of Confession and Assurance
“Make Way for Christ the King!” Advent Candle-Lighting Liturgy Series
Confession Based on Luke 12:32-40
“What’s Next?” Confession Series
“View the Present Through the Promise” Advent Candle-Lighting Liturgy Series

Psalms for All Seasons

Each of these posts, prepared for either our Psalms for All Seasons or Exploring Our Hymnals adult Sunday school classes or while planning a worship service, is an overview of all the settings for a particular psalm in CRC hymnals since the blue (1957) Psalter Hymnal with special attention to Psalms for All Seasons and Lift Up Your Hearts.

Psalm 2 (and 99)
Psalm 6
Psalm 14 (and 52, 53 & 75)
Psalm 15
Psalm 16
Psalm 17
Psalm 19
Psalm 22
Psalm 23
Psalm 27
Psalm 29
Psalm 31
Psalm 32
Psalm 38 (and 102)
Psalm 40
Psalm 45
Psalm 47 (and 93)
Psalm 49
Psalm 51
52 (and 14, 53 & 75)
53 (and 14, 52 & 75)
Psalm 66
Psalm 72
75 (and 14, 52 & 53)
Psalm 93 (and 47)
Psalm 95
Psalm 99 (and 2)
Psalm 100 (and 134)
Psalm 102 (and 38)
Psalm 104
Psalm 112
Psalm 116
Psalm 118
Psalm 121
Psalm 122
Psalm 130 (Psalm 130 Lenten Litanies, Christian Prayers for Psalm 130)
Psalm 134 (and 100)
Psalm 143
Psalm 147
Psalm 149

Lift Up Your Hearts

Exploring Our Hymnals Class

Each of these posts, prepared for our Exploring Our Hymnals class, is an overview of a section of Lift Up Your Hearts.

Hymns about Fall and the Human Condition
Jesus’ Teaching and Miracles

Movie Reviews

Joyeux Noël

Occasional Commentary

Rote Corporate Confession?
Is Chris Tomlin the “most-sung music artist in history”?

Earth and All Stars