Horizons — Celebrating Sabbath — Overview
An overview of the 2022-2023 Presbyterian Women/Horizons Bible Study.
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Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Matthew 1
Lesson 9: Matthew 1 Growing up, I heard lots of stories about aunts, uncles and cousins from my mother. I heard of..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Mary in the faith tradition
Lesson 8: Mary in the Faith Tradition (Matthew 1:18–2:23) Pictures of Mary often show little emotion. She seems passive. Whether in school..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Mary
Lesson 7: Mary (Matthew 1:18–2:23) If you grew up in a tightknit group, you know how gossip spreads. As Mary’s middle began..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Bathsheba
Lesson 6: Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11-12; 1 Kings 1:11-31; 1 Kings 2:13-25) Power corrupts. In this section’s readings, David chooses to stay..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Ruth and Redemption
Lesson 5: Ruth and Redemption In Sunday school, my teachers never taught the sexually suggestive scripture of Ruth Chapter 3. Consider the..
Horizons — What My Grandmothers Taught Me — Ruth
Lesson 4: Ruth Soldiers descend from the hills into a village, randomly killing and raping, taking goods and weapons. The soldiers leave..
Horizons 3 — “What My Grandmothers Taught Me”
Lesson 3: Rahab (Joshua 2; 6:22-25) The 1990 movie, “Pretty Woman,” features a young prostitute, Vivian, who gets involved with a very..
Horizons 2 — “What My Grandmothers Taught Me”
Lesson 2: Tamar The trickster is a common character in folk tales around the world. Whether the character is Bugs Bunny in “Looney..
Horizons 1: Family trees
“What My Grandmothers Taught Me” Lesson 1: Family trees My family tree has some characters. My dad’s grandfather came to America in 1881,..