On Wednesday, we'll be starting a new after-school club called "Expedition in the Desert!", which will cover some of the foundational Old Testament stories that take place in the desert. Some of the stories will be Godly Play and some won't. However, everything we do will be firmly grounded in the Godly Play and Montessori principles of respecting the child and giving them space to approach and be approached by God.
I've been working on some materials for a biographical story of Joseph and thought I'd give you a sneak preview. Here are some panels that I have painted depicting Joseph's dreams and his interpretations of dreams found in the book of Genesis.
I've been working on some materials for a biographical story of Joseph and thought I'd give you a sneak preview. Here are some panels that I have painted depicting Joseph's dreams and his interpretations of dreams found in the book of Genesis.
This is Joseph's first dream with the wheat stalks that gets him into trouble with his brothers.
The second dream with the sun, moon, and 11 stars bowing to him also does not help his popularity with the siblings.
After being sold as a slave and being thrown in jail, he interprets a dream as a favor to a fellow prisoner. The prisoner will be released and become the king's cupbearer, but Joseph will be forgotten.
The final dream that he interprets of the seven fat cows and seven lean cows gives Joseph a new start in life.
Beautiful and inspiring Sheila! My son (age 7) was passing my computer and he also said they were beautiful, without any prompting! I'm sure this will be a hit, if he is anything to go by. I'm doing a GP style version of the Transfiguration tomorrow...terribly hard to work out how to present but we'll see how version 1 goes!
ReplyDeleteWhat a compliment from your son! I can't wait to see and hear what you do with the Transfiguration. Please be sure to blog about it!
DeleteI love your paintings, wonderful vibrant colors! Perfect for this story! :)
ReplyDeleteWould you be willig to share the story itself? It sounds beautiful. Our church has written a couple of lessons based on Godly Play principles ourselves.
ReplyDeleteWould you be willig to share the story itself? It sounds beautiful. Our church has written a couple of lessons based on Godly Play principles ourselves.
ReplyDeleteHi Robin, Normally I would be more than happy to share, but this is a rather long story in German written by some friends, and I don't have it digitally. If you would like to try a Joseph story, I would suggest getting Jerome Berryman's original Godly Play story and using his script. I would have done this, but we don't have it in German.
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