Family Night for 8/17/08–Persist in Prayer
Welcome to this week’s episode of Family Night. Every week my wife Emily has put together a three page devotional to assist families in their discussion and application of the upcoming Sunday readings. To get started, we have provided an Introduction that explains how to use Family Night and the Family Night Prayers that you will introduce to your family. If you click on the blue words you will download the files. Family Night for August 17, 2008 is entitled “Persist in Prayer.” We hope you enjoy these devotionals that we use with our own children each week. Feel free to ask a question or leave a comment below.
Emily Returns From Israel!
Over the summer I had the opportunity to take my family to the Holy Land with a wonderful group of 50 pilgrims. I returned with the children, while Emily remained in Israel to excavate at two archaeological sites, Kadesh and Hippos. She returned home the end of July and we were excited to have her home again. I am eager to work with Emily as she brings the field of archaeology to the Great Adventure.
Here is a photo of Emily cleaning a mosaic floor from the Byzantine Era at Hippos, near the Sea of Galilee. This excavation counts toward her degree from the University of Minnesota in Classical Archaeology.
Emily is also learning Biblical Hebrew at the U of M and may teach beginning Hebrew to those interested in the Twin City area.
There are upcoming opportunities to travel with us to the Holy Land and Greece/Turkey next year. Check out the information under Pilgrimages. Our family tour in June was so wonderful that we plan to do another family tour in the summer of 2010.
Family Night for 8/10/08: We Can Trust Jesus!
Welcome to this week’s episode of Family Night. Every week my wife Emily has put together a three page devotional to assist families in their discussion and application of the upcoming Sunday readings. To get started, we have provided an Introduction that explains how to use Family Night and the Family Night Prayers that you will introduce to your family. If you click on the blue words you will download the files. Family Night for August 10, 2008 focuses on the topic, We Can Trust Jesus! We hope you enjoy these devotionals that we use with our own children each week. Feel free to ask a question or leave a comment below.
This Fall Your Life Can Change!!!
This year, The Great Adventure will be traveling south, where I will be teaching The Epistles of James at St. John the Baptist in Savage and Catholicism 101 at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bloomington. I am also happy to announce that I will be returning to the Church of St. Paul in Ham Lake for the 8th year, and Holy Name of Jesus in Medina for the third year. In these two locations, we will also be diving deep into James: Pearls For Wise Living, one of the most practical of all our studies. We will look at how the early church took the teachings of Jesus and put them into practice with one another. You will be surprised at how many points in James are issues you regularly face. At Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, I will be teaching Catholicism 101, a study that highlights ten essentials about the faith that every Catholic should know. For more information on any of these studies, click here.
Archbishop Harry J. Flynn Catechetical Institute Begins First Class Sept. 15
Dear Friends,
I am thrilled to tell you about an exciting opportunity to go deeper in your spiritual formation. In the years that I have been teaching Bible Studies in the Twin Cities, by far the most common comment I hear from the participants is that they are experiencing a deep hunger to know more about their Catholic faith. With that in mind, I am delighted to let you know that this September 15, the first class of the Archbishop Harry J. Flynn Catechetical Institute will begin at The Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Catechetical Institute will offer a comprehensive under- standing of the Catholic faith, preparing participants more fully to pass on this faith as parents, ministers, teachers and adult Catholics in the workplace.
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