Our readings for Trinity Sunday are:
- Proverbs 8: 22-31
- Psalms 8: 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
- Romans 5: 1-5
- John 16: 12-15
- Enjoying your work, working at your leisure
- We all think that we know what work is. Work is what we do to achieve some other goal, be it housing our family, putting food on the table, getting a house in a neighborhood with a good school district. Play is something that we do strictly for ourselves, that we enjoy for its own sake.
- Really? What would life be like if work and play overlapped, even merged in your life?
- What would that do to the sort of "job" that you took for a career?
- How would that color your attitude toward your education?
- Would you ever retire?
- What would it mean to retire?
- Do you think that God's work of creation is over?
- Do you think that God has fun?
- Co creators
- Southern California is home to some truly stunning scenery. Half Dome in Yosemite, Death Valley and many other sights have a soaring majesty that take your breath away, fill you with a sense of wonder, and, if you are lucky, usher you into a time of prayer.
- When humans construct a bridge across a bay, is that creating in the same sense that God creates a sunset, plants a volcano, directs the course of a river?
- Should we only build what is beautiful, inspires those who live/work/travel there, or are practical considerations more important?
- What have you created/built lately?
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Is it likely to ever inspire anyone to prayer?
- Peace in and with God
- Peace seems ever more elusive these days, to the point that we have a hard time even defining it, naming it.
- Can you think of a time lately when you felt utterly at peace?
- What brought that on? Was it a beautiful sight, the touch of a beloved family member, the sound of a friend's voice, your presence in the Communion procession, ...?
- How long did that peace last?
- How long would you have liked for it to last?
- Is that practical?
- Why?
- Full disclosure
- If you had an hour a day to ask God anything that you wanted to, what would you ask? And let's say that God promised to be as honest and forthcoming with you as you could handle at the time.
- What do you think those conversations would be like?
- How faithful would you be in that sacred hour each day?
- What would you do with the words that God shared with you?
- What makes you so sure there would be words in this conversation?
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What would have to happen in your life before you started such a dialog
with God?
- Preparation for Reconciliation
- Where is God inviting me to fun?
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What are God and I creating together today?
- Where can I make more room for peace in my life?
- Where is my prayer-life taking me?
Shalom!
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