Based on Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52

Beverly Peterson tells the following story from her life --

One night I was working late in my office at home. Out of the corner of my eye

I saw a photo flutter to the floor. I looked to see where it had fallen from, and then I laughed at myself because I knew full well that only the ceiling was above me and it couldn’t have fallen from there.

After I finished what I was working on, I picked up the photo, which had fallen face- down, and turned it over and looked at it. I had never seen the picture before, and I didn’t recognize the people in it – a man, a little girl, and a younger boy, all wearing Mouseketeer ears. I puzzled over it, looked around again for the place where the picture might had come from, and then decided that I was too tired to figure it out. I went to bed and forgot about it.

Beginning June 10th and continuing through August, Scott will be introducing a dozen great books (one per week). The class is meant to give you a sense of the wonderful sweep of world civilization. The books, as you will see, come from the fields of literature, history, religion, and philosophy. No homework will be assigned. Just come and enjoy an introduction to one great book each week. The books will include:

June 10 Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Letters and Papers From Prison

June 17 Homer -- The Iliad

June 24 Marcus Aurelius, -- Meditations.

July 1 The Gilgamesh Epic

July 8 Plato – Phaedo & Allegory of the Cave (The Republic)

July 15 (no class)

July 22 Dante – The Divine Comedy,

July 29 Shakespeare – Othello

August 5 Shakespeare – Julius Ceasar,

August 12 Pericles – Oration & Lincoln -- Gettysburg Address,

August 19 Machiavelli -- The Prince

August 26 Gandhi, An Autobiography.

WHEN: TUESDAY mornings. 10:00am- 11:15am beginning, June 10

SUNDAY mornings - 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. beginning, June 22