- Genesis 9: 8-15
- Psalms 25: 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
- 1 Peter 3: 18-22
- Mark 1: 12-15
- Sons and daughters of Noah
- God made His covenant with every living creature. How can there be a covenant with animals?
- What does that tell us about how God relates to creation as a whole?
- What does that tell us about our place in creation?
- Remember Your love
- Who are some of those who have taught you God's ways in your life?
- Why were they important to you?
- Isn't there some library where all of this is written down? Why then do we need to teach each other?
- Sprinkled free from sin
- Are there any particular places, events, people in your life where you feel particularly close to God?
- Were those things always evocative for you?
- Do you think that there could be a way that things in your life could become sacramental through time?
- Offering you less than who you are
- Thinking of all of the things that temp you, are there any themes, any similarities among them?
- How would you characterize those temptations?
- Do you think that Jesus knew that he was going to face temptation in the desert?
- If so, why did he go there?
- How does that relate to the principle of avoiding the "occasion for sin"?
- How have I expressed my gratitude to God for creation?
- What have I done today to draw closer to God?
- How has freedom from sin made me a freer person?
- When faced with temptation, am I decisive, or do I try to keep my options open?
Vision Quest
Is there only one vision per life span?
Or are our days a succession of horizons,
Each beckoning us from the silence and solitude?
Here in the West, we're far from deliberate about entering adulthood.
Some think it's that first kiss, or getting your drives's license,
Maybe that first paycheck, getting married, or that first child.
We need customs, traditions, community celebrations
To usher our young into adulthood,
To remind us and them that this is a momentous occasion.
A generous entry onto that stage of life
Where we transition from the protection and care of our parents,
Into the wider world of ministry and self donation should never be done lightly.
Time alone to find out who we truly are,
How we are going to make our way in the world,
Is essential to an authentic offering of ourselves.
Learning to learn from the silence is a life-long vocation
Coming into sharp focus at the time of self-declaration
Proclaiming to the community how you will serve.
How did you decide upon the course of your life?
What were the temptations to something less,
Less you, less authentic, less holy?
Some think it's that first kiss, or getting your drives's license,
Maybe that first paycheck, getting married, or that first child.
We need customs, traditions, community celebrations
To usher our young into adulthood,
To remind us and them that this is a momentous occasion.
A generous entry onto that stage of life
Where we transition from the protection and care of our parents,
Into the wider world of ministry and self donation should never be done lightly.
Time alone to find out who we truly are,
How we are going to make our way in the world,
Is essential to an authentic offering of ourselves.
Learning to learn from the silence is a life-long vocation
Coming into sharp focus at the time of self-declaration
Proclaiming to the community how you will serve.
How did you decide upon the course of your life?
What were the temptations to something less,
Less you, less authentic, less holy?
Is there only one vision per life span?
Or are our days a succession of horizons,
Each beckoning us from the silence and solitude?
Shalom!
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