Easter Sunday! This Sunday is the highlight of the entire Christian year! Prepare well for it by joining us for the Good Friday service, or, if you cannot, turn in one of the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke or John) toward the end of the book and read the story of Christ’s suffering and death. But [...]
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Hearing God Through Scripture (continued) This is our last week on this series and we will be focussing on another method of hearing God through Scripture called Lectio Divina. First pick one of the following passages of Scripture to meditate on: Isaiah 50:4-9a; Philippians 2:5-11; Luke 19:28-40 Then I encourage you to follow these instructions [...]
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Hearing God Through Scripture (continued) This past week, we practiced the Ignatian method of hearing God through Scripture. This next week, we pause to take a hard, honest look at inspiration, truth and what we mean when we claim that God speaks through Scripture – or that Scripture is God’s Word. How we understand and [...]
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Hearing God through Scripture IV We’ve been considering the questions leading up to the study of Scripture during Lent: 1. “Do I really want to hear what God has to say?” ANSWER: Yes!! 2. “How does God speak to us?” ANSWER: Any way God wants! 3. “What does God sound like?” OR “How do we recognize [...]
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Hearing God Through Scripture III We have talked about whether or not we even want to hear God – and concluded that God’s voice is different than that of religion – that it is a voice that is refreshing and restoring (even if painful to hear at times). We have talked about how God speaks [...]
