The Jesus Heist is long on telling the

is long on telling the Church what to say

This book is an important “history-of-traditions” work in which Godly Play founder Jerome Berryman re-visions religious education as spiritual guidance and traces the history of Montessori religious education through four generations

Based on Montessori principles and developed using a spiral curriculum

and others -- deacons have come to serve largely as servants of the poor and needy

and linked to the Sunday readings

The Jesus Heist is long on telling theProvocative readings of biblical stories, with thoughts on what they are saying to the church. Inside the Church, we are constantly and consistently reading the gospels through the lens of supporting our own institution and structure. This prevents us from hearing the critique Jesus offered in his own day and his emphatic and persistent call to be and do differently now (Matthew 23: 112). Stories include Widows Mite, Rich Young Ruler, Destruction of