Lessons Our Children Teach

A father, grandfather, everyman
pondering, musing, breathing out
the lessons our children teach
in word and in deed,
mirroring our lives, our words,
our behaviors, in ways we may not expect
we may not like, a reflection

A son, a carpenter
our brother
taught us lessons too
written and saved,
down through the generations
mirroring the father, the loving parent
in ways we don’t expect, in words unlike others
sometimes in parables, sometimes in his actions
priorities unlike the worlds

May we mold our lives
in the ways of the son, of that father
ways that will lead our children
to reflect his ways too
and teach their children lessons well

June 15 and June 18, 2008
Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7, Lectionary Year A,
Luke 15:11-32, Lectionary Year A, Prodigal Son,
the Lord’s Prayer, and the sermon,
“Jesus’ Teachings on Fatherhood”,
by Rev. Huntley Halvorson,
Wesley United Methodist Church,
Concord, NH, Father’s Day, June 15, 2008

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH


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