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Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Midrash: Perfectly Imperfect
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
What an explanation can’t accomplish a story sometimes can. We’re working on those stories this Christmas season. Imagine what the Christmas story would be if it were told by, perhaps, the stable? What if the animal shed that Mary is remembered for birthing Jesus in, because there was no room in the inn, could talk? Would it’s story be about being perfectly imperfect for the job? Does your life’s story have some perfectly imperfect in it? Let’s listen.
This midrash from 12/2/2018 was written by Jeanette Mayo and features Beth Studdiford and Melissa Lock.
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Midrash: What Was That?
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Reporters know to talk to more than the headliners. They go back in the kitchen, talk to the concierge and the guy on the street. People who may not know all that was going on, but they know something. Sometimes what they don’t know makes them better observers. Who were the extras that first Christmas? The guy in the shop next to the stable, the servants of the wise men? We’ve all been the extra, standing in the wings, witnessing what others missed. What was it?
This midrash from 12/16/2018 was written by Mark Trelstad and features Mark, Kris Meyer, and Julie Windholz.
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Midrash: Took the Risk
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Joseph told the story about that first Christmas night differently than anyone else. He didn’t hear, see or experience the same thing anyone else did and I imagine the turning point of his story to be in the words “I took a risk.” We all take risks. The Christmas story of God being born into this world is about more than Jesus’ birth (a significant risk!) it is about the risks we all take for life. Life, change, growth are born of risk.
This midrash is from 11/25/18 and features Ed and Jen Hamilton.
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Midrash: Perspective 2
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Amanda Moon shares a midrash she wrote from the point of view of the star in the Christmas story for your reflection and wonder.
This midrash is from week 3 of our 2018 pre-Christmas series Do You Hear What I Hear.
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Midrash: Perspective 1
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Nick Theisen shared a midrash he wrote from the perspective of the Christmas star. May it offer some perspective for you this holiday season.
This midrash is from week 3 of our 2018 pre-Christmas series Do You Hear What I Hear.
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
Midrash of Proverbs 8
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
We learn from hearing each other's stories. The ancient Jewish tradition of midrash takes a story from the Bible, sometimes only a line or few words, and creates a new story around it. The purpose of midrash isn't to try to be true or accurate or not, but to explore the characters and ideas in the biblical text. It is a way of wrestling with God as Israel is charged with doing. This week Melissa Lock plays out the character of the woman from John 8.1-11. Listen to her story.
This midrash is from week three of "Everyone Loves a Baby" entitled, "The Universe in Their Eyes." Listen to that podcast.
Learn more about Jacob's Well Minneapolis on our website www.jacobs-well.net or on Facebook.
Monday Dec 11, 2017
Midrash of John 8.1-8
Monday Dec 11, 2017
Monday Dec 11, 2017
We learn from hearing each other's stories. The ancient Jewish tradition of midrash takes a story from the Bible, sometimes only a line or few words, and creates a new story around it. The purpose of midrash isn't to try to be true or accurate or not, but to explore the characters and ideas in the biblical text. It is a way of wrestling with God as Israel is charged with doing. This week Melissa Lock plays out the character of the woman from John 8.1-11. Listen to her story.
This midrash is from week three of "Everyone Loves a Baby" entitled, "A Special Child." Listen to that podcast.
Learn more about Jacob's Well Minneapolis on our website www.jacobs-well.net or on Facebook.