Divine Routes is a series of short books explaining the Christian faith to pre-school and Key Stage 1 children. The series uses buses and their journeys on their bus routes to convey the biblical messages. The text is perfect for being read aloud and also easy to read for first readers.
God is the Bus Controller in the stories, with Jesus the bus conductor. The buses are people, with children denoted by mini-buses. There are six routes, each donated by a colour; red, yellow, green, blue, orange and purple; these denote six of the routes we may take to know God, to the divine. Each route has a “driver” associated with the buses; this is the Holy Spirit.
The Sower tells the story of the day the Bus Controller set a challenge for all the buses to take a group of children on a journey out of town. Some got lost, some ran out of fuel, some got too tired and had to give up. Only six of the buses managed to complete the challenge and win time with the Bus Controller.
This is the parable of the Sower.
Jesus told this story about a farmer throwing seeds which did not always grow into good plants.
The story tells us how it is important that we read our bible, listen to our teachers and pray with Jesus to allow God to tell us how to live.
You can find the parable in your Bible in the gospel of Matthew at Matthew 13:1-23.
The current books in the Divine Routes Series are:
1 – Jump Aboard the Bus
2 – Good Samaritan
3 – Lost Sheep
4 – Prodigal Son
5 – The Sower
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