Symbols: ark, rainbow Gen. 6:5-8, 13-22; 7:17, 23, 24; 8:1, 6-22 5 Yahweh saw that human wickedness was great on earth and that human hearts contrived nothing but wicked schemes all day long. 6 Yahweh regretted having made human beings on earth and was grieved at heart. 7 And Yahweh said, ‘I shall […]
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Symbol: Serpent with apple Gen: 3:1-7 and 23-24 1 Now, the snake was the most subtle of all the wild animals that Yahweh God had made. It asked the woman, ‘Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?’ 2 The woman answered the snake, ‘We
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Symbol: Tree Gen: 2:7-9, 18-24 7 Yahweh God shaped man from the soil of the ground and blew the breath of life into his nostrils, and man became a living being.8 Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned.9 From the
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Symbol: earth Gen. 1:1-31; 2:1-4 1 In the beginning God created heaven and earth. 2 Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, with a divine wind sweeping over the waters. 3 God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. 4 God saw that light was good,
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Christmas is coming up. While it may still be a few months away, it is the perfect time to start planning if you are thinking of undertaking any DIY projects for Advent. In this tutorial I will be showing you how to paint Jesse Tree Ornaments. These are the ones I made in 2015, and
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A little while back Sarah H posted a great tutorial on making Jesse Tree ornaments here. And while I loved her set, something I have a lot of is fabric, not wood. With this in mind I created a felt ornament set that was true to Sarah’s original painted images. Because the designs are fairly simple and
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This year our family has been getting especially excited for the Advent and Christmas seasons. As our family grows, each year I try to add one new tradition to our Advent and Christmas routines. This year that new tradition is the renowned Jesse Tree! The Jesse Tree is a medieval practice of preparing our hearts
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