ng was powerful. It seems as if this group of folk REALLY wants to go deeper into prayer - and acts of compassion, too - for when the class was over, they didn't want to leave...+ So we talked about next steps after Easter and what emerged looks like a weekly gathering for common prayer followed by study into the ways of the heart.
+ I am going to use the new book that utilizes the late Henri Nouwen's insights re: Spiritual Direction (edited by Michale Christensen and Rebecca Laird.) Six weeks of looking into the heart, the scriptures and the community for clues of where our "still speaking God" may be calling.
+ In the Reformed church spiritual direction/friendship usually starts in a group and I think this makes sense for us, too. Ours will be part prayer meeting, part study, part accountability conversation and part exploration of our tradition at its best.
And then we are onto a study/conversation about Greg Moretnson's second book, Stones Into Schools, because our folks want to sponsor a teacher - or fund a school - that supports educating girls in Afghanistan. And then we are on to our summer river clean-up projects with the Berkshire Environmental Action Team. Makes me think of this old, old tune... (one of my all time favorites.)
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{mellow near-high hippy voice} Far out, man. Too much...
Isn't that a gas?
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