{"content":[{"text":"Look to Jesus","bbox":{"left":0.440948,"top":0.09098,"width":0.11821800000000005,"height":0.017215999999999995}},{"text":"By Rev. Sheryl Stewart","bbox":{"left":0.401732,"top":0.119768,"width":0.19645500000000005,"height":0.017215999999999995}},{"text":"Fourth Lent","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.177078,"width":0.10435699999999999,"height":0.01721600000000001}},{"text":"3-14-21","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.205866,"width":0.064543,"height":0.01721600000000001}},{"text":"Numbers 21: 4-9","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.234376,"width":0.14525699999999997,"height":0.01721599999999998}},{"text":"Eph 2:1-10","bbox":{"left":0.298938,"top":0.234376,"width":0.09365200000000001,"height":0.01721599999999998}},{"text":"John 3: 14-21","bbox":{"left":0.411536,"top":0.234376,"width":0.11630099999999999,"height":0.01721599999999998}},{"text":"Psalm 107: 1-3, 17-22","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.263164,"width":0.183577,"height":0.01721600000000001}},{"text":"Summary: Look to whom God has lifted, Jesus Christ, and be not only saved from death \n but also for heavenly works.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.291649,"width":0.757178,"height":0.036004000000000036}},{"text":"It was vital for the writers of our gospels to establish clear links between God’s \n work in the old covenant and God’s new creation established by the gospel of Jesus’ life. \n This is what we celebrated last week in the Holy Communion of Jesus’ body and blood. \n When we look to that covenant, we become new creations.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.367748,"width":0.75609,"height":0.07299800000000001}},{"text":"One of my Junior Sermons speaks of this. I will be reading from “A Feather \n Blown on the Breath of God, “a series of Native American themed stories revolving \n around the adventures of Chief Pink Feather, a man so ancient that he was on hand for \n the birth of the Moon! But that is another story. Today, I will speak of Pink Feather and \n the pit of Donna Wanna.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.452318,"width":0.752711,"height":0.09148400000000001}},{"text":"In the tribal circle of Chief Pink Feather, there was a very unpopular girl named \n Donna Wanna. She was called this because of what she would say to any plan or project: \n “I donna wanna do it!”","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.555374,"width":0.7599770000000001,"height":0.054185999999999956}},{"text":"Her teachers would make up many different activities for young people. “We have \n materials to practice weaving,” they would say. “Also, Beats-the-Wind will train anyone \n who wants to run fast and long. Or Medicine Fern will teach you how to make a tea to \n take away fever,”","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.621169,"width":0.762638,"height":0.07297399999999998}},{"text":"Others would choose something, but Donna never liked anything. She would \n suggest a lesson that needed a teacher who was elsewhere that day or demanded \n materials that were not nearby. Usually, she just said: I donna wanna.”","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.705437,"width":0.719086,"height":0.05448900000000001}},{"text":"The other children grew tired of her. Leaders would try to get Donna Wanna \n involved in something, but it took so long that there was less time for others to practice \n weaving, running, or making medicine. People frowned at her. In time, she noticed what \n was happening and went to the chief in tears.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.771498,"width":0.7620800000000001,"height":0.07301099999999994}},{"text":"“Wise Pink Feather,” she sobbed, “People don’t like me, Even I’m starting to \n dislike who I am. I need a new name.”","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.855778,"width":0.7143970000000001,"height":0.03569599999999995}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}