"God's intention for each of us is that we should grow to the point where he can empower us to do what we want - then he can turn us loose on the universe!"  Dallas Willard
 "Do not worry about tomorrow. I have come that you might have life abundantly. Be not afraid."
Jesus
 

Teaching Time

A significant amount of reading and research goes into every Teaching Time. 
All sources used by Pastor Don and Pastor Mary will be listed here to give credit to the authors whose work is being used in our Teaching Times, as well as for reference for anyone who is interested in reading further into the works behind the Teaching Times on Saturday.

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Sorry, we haven't been keeping up with this but will try harder in the future.

It's a Jungle Out There! What Kind of Animal Are You?

June 21 - Video Famous Failures found on youtube.com
June 14 - March of the Penguins, the movie
June 7 - In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day by Mark Batterson
          - The Barbarian Way by Erwin McManus
May 31 - Laura Kalmar
May 24 - Credit goes to Jon Isaak of the MB Biblical Seminary in Fresno for his teachings on being more like a raccoon than an ostrich or chameleon in how we are to read the Bible.



Philippians

April 12, 2008
March 28  
and
April 5

 For our series on Philippians, Pastor Don is using a couple books to help with background information:
- Fred Craddock's commentary in the Interpretation series
- F.F. Bruce's commentary in the New International Biblical Commentary series
For the April 5th talk, a couple video clips were used from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

What's Up With Lent?

February 23, 2008
 Sharing from June Catrijsse and Josh Pauls.
Teaching time by Don Harms.
Much of this teaching time is a response to what God is already doing in and through the FW community, moving the Lent discussion from being on the personal level, to involving others.
While I haven't finished the book yet, I give credit to "Me to We" by Craig and Marc Kielburger for getting the ball rolling on this subject.
February 16, 2008
 Teaching Time by Bill Ehlers. Resources include:
- Ordering Your Private World, Gordon MacDonald
- Freedom of Simplicity, Richard J. Foster
- Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger, Ron Sider
- Living the Simple Life, Elaine St. James
- How to Survive Without a Salary, Charles Long
- Your Money or Your Life, Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin
- Stepping Lightly: Simplicity for People and the Planet, Mark Burch
- http://www.simplicitycentre.org/news/news.html
February 9, 2008
 Teaching Time by Don Harms. Resources include:
- Matthew, a commentary by Douglas Hare
- What are you giving up for Lent? - website article
- And numerous other small sources for general Lent and Ash Wednesday information.

Christ in Everyday Life

January 26, 2008
Teaching Time by Mary Reimer. Resources used include:
- Sabbath by Wayne Muller
- Spiritual Disciplines Handbook by Adele Calhoun
- The Active Life by Parker Palmer
- "Rediscovering the Sabbath", Part 1 by Dorothy Bass, Christianity Today 9/01/1997