Jesus Meets a Poor Man and a Rich Man

Welcome to Jesus Meets a Poor Man and a Rich Man, our story about Jesus’ encounter with the blind beggar on the side of the road and then with Zacchaeus. These stories can be found in Luke 18:35-19:9. I wrote this story script to give the children a Godly Play...

Jesus Teaches in the Temple (The Widow’s Mite)

Welcome to Jesus Teaches in the Temple, also known as The Widow’s Mite. It’s based on the scripture found in Luke 20:45-21:4. This is a beautiful passage in which Jesus gets practical. As followers of The Way, what are we supposed to do? What are we not...

Jesus Welcomes the Children

Welcome to Jesus Welcomes the Children, a script I’ve written to share the scripture from Luke 18:15-17. The story script also alludes to several other stories from the Bible in which children play important parts, hopefully helping our children understand more of...

The Parable of the Loving Father

Welcome to The Parable of the Loving Father, the story Jesus tells in Luke 15: 11-32. I’ve always called this parable the Parable of the Prodigal Son, but I like that many others call it by this name, changing the focus from the sins of the son to the amazing...

Jesus Visits Martha and Mary

Welcome to Jesus Visits Martha and Mary, the story from Luke 10:38-42.  I love this story because it does such a good job of raising questions about hospitality- hospitality that we try to practice  and the unique, radical hospitality of God. Truth be told, I think I...

Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man

Welcome to Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man, based on Luke 5:17-26. It was really fun to think about how to tell this story, how to create the house so that the friends could deliver their paralyzed friend to Jesus’s feet. It was also a pleasure to think about the lesson...