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Week 37 · 7–11 June 2027 · June
Luke 24 again, and the envelope
The Spiral: The same texts, and the child is not the same reader.
Session A · the reading
About 55 minutes. Open and read aloud before any framing: no introduction, no “today we’re looking at”. Scripture first, then the Father.
- Luke 24, whole, as in week one
Session B · the argument
About 35 minutes, on another day. Never both in one sitting.
The envelope. Read Genesis 1 and Genesis 22 again, twenty minutes each. Then open the three sentences sealed in September and read them beside three new ones.
Ask. Luke 24 is a different chapter now. Don’t explain that. Ask.
Books this week
Optional: one piece of media
The Secret of Kells (2009), again, as in week 1. Watched together, with nothing said about why it was chosen; how the list was made.
The same texts, and the child is not the same reader.
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