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My friend JR was in town yesterday and spoke to our graduating seniors at last night’s Baccalaureate.

He challenged these fine young men and women to seek wisdom.

One practical point that he made was this: Ask yourself, is this wise?

Good advise for us all.

Wisdom: more valuable than rubies.

Lesson Plan 1: Intermediate ClassMeals:Ask students for any questions every so often
1. Vocabulary:
· Say vocab slowly and have student repeat it back to you twice
. Pay attention for trouble with specific sounds
A. Breakfast:
Cereal
Eggs
Toast
Waffles
Bacon

B. Lunch:
Sandwich
Fruit
Chips (crisps)
Fries (crisps)
Cookie

C. Dinner:
Salad
Meat
Pasta
Vegetable
Cake
D. Make sure that students know what each food is.

2. Have students write down what they would want to eat for each meal. Then have students read exactly what they wrote back to you. Catch mistakes and help student to correct them.

3. Go around the class and have everyone say what there favorite food to eat is.

4. Ask student where there favorite restaurant is and what they eat there.5. Review vocab with students and check to make sure no one is confused about anything.6. If you have extra time, let your students teach you some of the Hungarian words for the foods that you were teaching in English.

Lesson Plan 2: Beginner Class

At A Hotel:

1. Vocabulary:
• Say vocab very slowly and have small groups of 2 or 3 students each repeat it back to you, so that you can make sure that they understand the pronunciation.
• Have them repeat each word several times
• Make sure that the students know what each word is as you go through the list with them.
o Luggage
o Room/Room Number
o Lobby
o Reservation
o Suite
o Guest
o Elevator
o Hall

Lesson Plan 3: Advanced Class

At a Restaurant

1. Vocabulary:
• Say vocabulary and have students repeat it back to you slowly
o Listen for trouble with specific sounds
 Appetizer
 Salad
 Main Course
 Desert
 Chef
 Hostess
 Waiter
 Silver wear
 Glass
 Plate
 Customer
 Napkin
 Menu
 Drink
 Soup
2. Make sure that the students know what every word is.
 Go around and ask students what things are.

3. Have students explain to you the order that things happen in the restaurant

4. Ask every student what their favorite restaurant is and get them to use the vocabulary in the process.

5. Have each student write down two sentences using the vocabulary words.
 Have students read there sentences out loud and go over them

6. Have student repeat vocabulary and check for exact pronunciation.

One of the voices that I have been listening to since I began my journey a few years ago has been that of Robert Webber. Robert E. Webber went to worship in the presence of the Lord on 27th April.

My first reading of Webber was in 1989 when I was at L.B.T.S. and was fascinated by, what was then called by some, the liturgical renewal movement. At that time I was intrigued by the ideas in Worship is a Verb (Word, 1985). At that point I was encouraged by words like these… “…I am not suggesting that we deny either our convictions or roots.” (p. 12)

I had not heard of post-modernism in 1989 but the answers that Webber puts forth in Divine Embrace and The Younger Evangelicals were on his mind when he emphasized what today we call the emphasis on the Gospel story throughout the Bible with these words… “The parallels between what God did in the Exodus-event and what he did in the Christ-event are striking.” (p.34) The whole Bible is full of the gospel and it would seem that the church has taught this since the beginning. I grabbed Common Roots (Zondervan, 1978) from my shelf and look again at Webber’s insistence on our looking back to the early church fathers, from Webber I gained an appreciation of the roots of the church in the writings of the fathers. So, when I was reintroduced to Webber last year, I was not surprised to see the early fathers being referred to in my latest learning from the pen of Robbert Webber.

I’ve got some meaningful quotes posted elsewhere from The Divine Embrace and The Younger Evangelicals. I always found Webber’s writing compelling. I guess the reason is that he, while by all accounts a true intellectual, wrote with humility. He wrote so that I could feel his heart for the church and for worship and for the church living in and growing out from worship to the world. Because worship is so important. Indeed, isn’t it everything? Thanks be to God for the way He used the pen of Robert Webber.

Northern Seminary has posted about his work, click here (there are additional links). From there you can access much more thoughtful reading.