John 1:14-18 In every culture of the world there are mythological characters that are used to explain history, nature and cultural customs. Anansi is an African folktale character that originated from the Ashanti people of present-day Ghana and is also one of the most important characters of West African and Caribbean folklore. He is also…
John 1:9-13 Samuel left his village and moved to another country where he became a wealthy businessman. As he sat with all his wealth, he thought about his childhood and decided he would go back to his village and help. When he returned he saw some children playing football in the dirt and thought it…
John 1:1-5 Jesus spoke to his closest disciples the night he was arrested. (John 14:1–3) “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a…
II Kings 4:8-38 The first year Annie and I were married we had very little money. I had graduated from seminary and Annie was finishing her final year of university. I worked doing small jobs as a carpenter, getting a house ready to be renovated, and shoveling snow during the blizzard of ‘78. After shoveling…
Numbers 13:1 – 14:10 In 1951, Solomon Asch conducted his first conformity laboratory experiments at Swarthmore College. He gathered groups of eight male college students and gave them a simple task. There was a card with a line on it followed by three lines labeled A, B, and C. One of these lines was the…