It was hot, it was dusty, and it was absolutely worth it! 🌾 Check out our kids learning the ancient art of winnowing grain at our “Bethlehem threshing floor” station.

This rotation they’ve been traveling all around the church building tracing Ruth and Naomi’s journey from Moab to Bethlehem, discovering just how much hard work and faith went into everyday survival in biblical times.

I wrote up a full breakdown of this multi-station “Geo-Journey” lesson for Rotation.org!

Here’s the full summary of all the Ruth lessons (free to view): https://www.rotation.org/topic/wt-the-story-of-ruth-naomi-and-boaz-lesson-summaries

You can grab the lesson plan here: https://www.rotation.org/topic/wt-the-story-of-ruth-and-boaz-geography-workshop

Curious what the Jericho Road looked like from the parable of the Good Samaritan?

Watch the deep dive: What if you’re not the hero? The truth about the Good Samaritan
https://youtu.be/pqEFI6mEu3w

Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:49 Shema (Hear O’ Israel)
8:21 Hillel and Shammai – Who is my neighbor?
11:19 Parable of the Good Samaritan
12:39 The Jericho Road
16:11 Rule of Threes
22:15 Samaritans
28:46 What are these parables an answer to?
37:55 What will you do to be a neighbor?