Daily Sheet: Day 121: Forgiveness
Family Book: “The Lord’s Prayer”
Travel: New Mexico; Arizona
Song: “Find Me In These Fields” – Phil Keaggy & Brian Zahnd
Video: “Peace Be With You” – Roo Panes
Tag Archives: Prayer
Day 109: Peacefulness
Daily Sheet: Day 109: Peacefulness
Family Book: “Where the Poppies Now Grow”
Travel: Algeria; Tunisia
Song: “God and Country” – Gungor
“You can take my money, take my land, but not my son!
…Those who live by the gun, die by the gun.”
Day 105: Alertness
Daily Sheet: Day 105: Alertness
Family Book: “Dawn Watch”
Travel: Michigan; Wisconsin
Video: “Gotta Get Up” – Rich Mullins
Video: “Wake Up Sleeper” – Gungor (live, in subway station)
Day 99: Freedom
Daily Sheet: Day 99: Freedom
Family Book: “Ben and the Emancipation Proclamation”
Family Book: “You Are Special”
Travel: Nebraska; Kansas
Video: “Set You Free” – Nomos
If you did, if you did, even if you did… Been where you shouldn’t have been, Seen what you shouldn’t have seen, Dreamed what you shouldn’t have dreamed, that doesn’t mean you have to be locked up here forever. I’m going to set you free.—And if you did, if you did, even if you did… Done what you shouldn’t have done, Run when you shouldn’t have run, Lost when you shouldn’t have won, that doesn’t mean you have to be paying the price forever. I’m going to set you free.—And if you did, if you did, only if you did… Strayed from the beaten track, Maybe you never got back, Went in off the black, that doesn’t mean you have to be lying around here forever. I’m going to set you free.—Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did… Suffered from a broken heart, Got off to a poor start, Maybe you fell apart, that doesn’t mean you have to be paying the price forever. I’m going to set you free.—And if you did, if you did, even if you did… Known what you shouldn’t have known, Shown what you shouldn’t have shown, Thrown what you shouldn’t have thrown, that doesn’t mean you have to be lying around here forever. I’m going to set you free.—Ah if you did, if you did, even if you did… Been where you shouldn’t have been, Seen what you shouldn’t have seen, Dreamed what you shouldn’t have dreamed, that doesn’t mean you have to be locked up here forever. I’m going to set you free.
Video: “Deliverer” – Audrey Assad
You are not possessive, You respect all things
You are not invasive, You have no envy
You are not insistent, You do not force me
You are not controlling, You make me free indeedYou’re my deliverer, You’re my deliverer. You won’t pass me by.
Your law is freedom and mercy is Your rule
Though You dwell within me, I can’t contain YouIn the ruins of my heart, You preach to the poor
Turning over stones to show me there is more
More than all I ask, more than I’m looking for
In the ruins of my heart
Video: “Land of the Living” – Roo Panes
Where they go
That we shall cherish and that I wrestle
Don’t want to be like the dust that settles
This empire of nothing
I find that I’m king of all these empty homes
That are ruled by my own flaws
But you can’t be an old fire
If you are burning with a new flameSo remember that, you are never a forgotten name
Cause I know a land called the land of the living
It’s the world beyond those curtains where we learned to play
I hear the voices of my childhood singing it’s the world beyond those doorways
Where we use to playCause every moment
Is a chance to define what you want to become
You’re not a slave to things you’ve done
Be brave and be bold
Be childish and old it’s the same old story
Every life needs a hope of glory
But you can’t be an old fire
If you’re burning with a new flameI was born to be free, you were born to free me
Cause I know a land called the land of the living
It’s the world beyond those curtains where we learned to play
I hear the voices of my childhood singing it’s the world beyond those doorways
Where we use to play
I know a land called the land of the living
It’s the world beyond those curtains where we learned to play
Oh we’ll go back, we’ll go back to the beginning
And we’ll pick up on the trails of forgotten ways
Song: “Finally” – Gungor
Call me back into the silence, into the sunlight.
Every breath a standing defiance of death and of clamor; Let darkness be scattered now.
I’ll be here waiting in silence, waiting for sunlight to make all the world shine bright.
All the stars fall in line and the seas bow their heads. We remember our dead and we sing another day.
As the silence, it grows and the worlds fade away; All the sons empty their graves.
We will sing another day.
Questions:
- Compare and contrast physical, emotional and spiritual freedom
- Can you find examples in today’s lesson where faith in Christ has brought each of these types of freedom to someone?
- Explain what you think is meant by the line, “I was born to be free; you were born to free me.”
Day 98: Loyalty
Daily Sheet: Day 98: Loyalty
Family Book: “The Last Brother”
Travel: New Zealand
Video: “My Sweet Refuge” – Roo Panes
I don’t think You want grand gestures, just a simple faithful friend, someone who will walk it with You all the way to the end, someone who can live and love You, singing how I’ve come to know
You’re like the sun that gives the moon its glow
You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge. You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge and I know the wolves keep circling but we’ll leave them chasing tails ’cause You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge.
So I kiss farewell to drama; My everything is You, and after all the things that You’ve done, oh, Your love’s been proved. I’m not going back there; no, I’ve come to know
You’re like the sun that gives the moon its glow
You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge. You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge and I know the wolves keep circling but I’ll be safe with You ’cause You’re my, oh, You are my, my sweet refuge.
I need you, I need You, I need You, I need You, I need You Lord, every day. I need You, I need You, I need You, I need You, I need you.
Song: “Stay Close to Me” – Margaret Becker
Lately I’ve been finding comfort in this truth: I am just a child of need who’s found her hope in You. Stay close to me.
Video: “Abide With Me” – Audrey Assad
Abide with me, fast falls the eventide. The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide. When other helpers fail and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes; Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. Heaven’s morning breads, and earth’s vain shadows flee. In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me.
Video: “Stay With Me” – Roo Panes
Well I’ve been everywhere, but I’ve been nowhere; It was all viridian in permission blood. There was a void before me; it was as deep as truth, because all the world couldn’t hide the view of you.
Stay with me! Oh stay with me; you’re right where you are supposed to be!
You’re y Eldorado; you’re my holy grail; I found my treasure through the rain and hail, knowing I was taller when upon my knees, knowing you’d come back to me if I just said please!
Oh you take me back to the morning light; You take me back to the morning light, the very moment that I found my sight, You’re forever by my side.
Questions:
- Why do you think Gabe made the decisions he did?
- Do you think he made the right decisions?
- How did he remain loyal to his brother and to Orly?
- How are these four songs similar?
Day 90: Contentment
Daily Sheet: Day 90: Contentment
Family Book: “Last Stop on Market Street”
Travel: Ireland
Hymn: “Amazing Grace” – Joey + Rory Feek
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found, was blind, but now I see.
‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear, the hour I first believed.
Through many dangers, toils and snares I have already come; ‘Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me; His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be, as long as life endures.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, and mortal life shall cease, I shall possess within the veil, a life of joy and peace.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we’ve no less days to sing God’s praise than when we’ve first begun.
Video: “Give Me Jesus” – Fernando Ortega (live)
In the morning, when I rise, give me Jesus.
And when I am alone, give me Jesus.
And when I come to die, give me Jesus.
Give me Jesus, give me Jesus. You can have all this world, but give me Jesus.
Day 89: Empathy
Daily Sheet: Day 89: Empathy
Family Book: “The Long March: The Chocktaw’s Gift to Irish Famine Relief”
Travel: Oklahoma; Texas
Song: “Why It Matters” – Sara Groves (with lyrics)
Sit with me and tell me once again of the story that’s been told us, of the power that will hold us, of the beauty, of the beauty, Why it matters.
Speak to me until I understand why our thinking and creating, why our efforts of narrating about the beauty, of the beauty, And why it matters.
Like the statue in the park of this war torn town, and its protest of the darkness and the chaos all around, with its beauty, how it matters, How it matters.
Show me the love that never fails, the compassion and attention midst confusion and dissension, like small ramparts for the soul, How it matters.
Like a single cup of water, How it matters.
Questions:
- Compare “empathy” to “sympathy.” Which is more meaningful? Why?
- Why do you think the story of Jesus raising the widow’s son was chosen for “Empathy” rather than for “Compassion?”
- Think about the story of “The Long March” while you re-read the bolded lines at the end of Sara Groves’ song, “Why It Matters.” How do you think the Chocktaw’s act of kindness, inspired by empathy, might have built “small ramparts for the soul”? And what is the “single cup of water” reference?
Day 85: Community
Daily Sheet: Day 85: Community
Family Book: “A Place Called Freedom”
Travel: French Guiana; Suriname; Guyana
Video: “Peace” – Rich Mullins (Faces of 2010)
Though we’re strangers, still I love you. I love you more than your mask. And you know you have to trust this to be true, and I know that’s much to ask. But lay down your fears, come and join this feast. He has called us here, you and me.
And may peace rain down from Heaven like little pieces of the sky, Little keepers of the promise falling on these souls this drought has dried. In His Blood and in His Body, in the Bread and in this Wine,
Peace to you. Peace of Christ to you.
And though I love you, still we’re strangers, prisoners in these lonely hearts. And though our blindness separates us, still His light shines in the dark.
And His outstretched arms are still strong enough behind these prison bars to set us free.
So may peace rain down from Heaven like little pieces of the sky, Little keepers of the promise falling on these souls this drought has dried. In his Blood and in His Body, in the Bread and in this Wine,
Peace to you. Peace of Christ to you.
Video: “Call It Dreaming” – Iron & Wine
…Where we break when our hearts are strong enough, We can bow ’cause our music’s warmer than blood.
Where we see enough to follow, We can hear when we are hollow.
Where we keep the light we’re given, We can lose and call it living…
Questions:
- Discuss community as it relates to two similar words: communion, and unity
- What do you think is meant by the following line?
Where we keep the light we’re given, we can lose and call it living.
Day 84: Discretion
Daily Sheet: Day 84: Discretion
Family Books: “Unspoken”, “Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad”, “Follow the Drinking Gourd”
Travel: Niger
Video: “Underground Churches in China”
Video: “Down in the River to Pray” – Alison Krauss (with the Berklee Gospel Ensemble)
Day 67: Gratitude
Daily Sheet: Day 67: Gratitude
Family Book: “Moonlight on the Amazon”
Travel: Brazil
Hymn: It Is Well
Video: “Something Changed” – Sara Groves
Song: “Grace For Me” – Gungor (with Portuguese subtitles)
Listen for and discuss the following lyrics:
“Valleys come and tears are drying. There are things I don’t yet see. But I’ll rejoice in spite of hardship. You’ll watch over me. Your grace for me is all I need; all I need is here.”
Video: “How Great Thou Art” – The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir (This takes the Cheesiest Video Cake. My kids love it, though.)
Character core curriculum 