Our readings for the 15th Sunday of Ordinary are:
- Amos 7: 12-15
- Psalms 85: 9-10, 11-12, 13-14
- Ephesians 1: 3-14
- Mark 6: 7-13
- Against the flow
- Apparently, no one becomes a prophet to win a popularity contest. Or win much respect, or make a lot of money.
- Who are some of the prophetic voices that we have in our world today?
- What do you think motivated them to speak out the way that they do?
- Do you think prophecy is a full-time gig?
- How do you know that you have never been called to that ministry?
- Justice & peace
- Some have described homelessness as a blight, as though the homeless were some sort of disease that need to be cured.
- Is there a justice lens through which we can view homelessness, poverty, disease?
- Who are the prophets speaking of such things today?
- Are those prophets speaking and we just don't hear them?
- Jesus, the man with a plan
- Revelation has come to mean something that can be written down. But that form of revelation has its limits.
- Think of someone that you really care about.
- How did you come to care that much about them? Was it things that they wrote down, said, or was it their actions, or even just a feel about them?
- How have you come to feel about God & the Trinity?
- So what is it about God that inspires your trust?
- Urgency
- Working for Boeing, I always wondered were project deadlines came from. After all, I often sacrificed nights and weekends to help make those dates come true, I figured I was entitled to know. Funny thing was, the answer never really seemed to make a lot of sense.
- What sort of urgency does your life have?
- Do you have a "bucket list" that you are working on?
- What do you want to accomplish this year?
- What do you think God wants to accomplish in you this year?
- Preparation for Reconciliation:
- Am I open to being lonely, misunderstood, ignored for God?
- Where is God calling me to look at the poor with new eyes?
- How are God & I getting closer lately?
- Where am I running out of time?
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