Sunday, March 23, 2008
Easter Egg Hunt Today!
Bring your children and join us after the 10:30 AM service today for the Easter Egg Hunt!
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Holy Saturday
Matthew 27:57-61
1. Silence
2. Read and listen for a word.
3. Meditate.
4. Read and listen for revelation.
5. Read and listen for praxis.
6. Silence.
When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
1. Silence
2. Read and listen for a word.
3. Meditate.
4. Read and listen for revelation.
5. Read and listen for praxis.
6. Silence.
Good Friday
John 19:25b-27
1. Be still.
2. Read and listen for your word.
3. Meditate
4. Read and listen. What is God revealing to you?
5. Read and listen. What is God calling you to do?
6. Be still, resting in God's presence.
Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.
1. Be still.
2. Read and listen for your word.
3. Meditate
4. Read and listen. What is God revealing to you?
5. Read and listen. What is God calling you to do?
6. Be still, resting in God's presence.
Maunday Thursday
John 13:12-15
1. Be still.
2. Read and listen for your word.
3. Meditate
4. Read and listen. What is God revealing to you?
5. Read and listen. What is God calling you to do?
6. Be still, resting in God's presence.
After Jesus had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord--and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you."
1. Be still.
2. Read and listen for your word.
3. Meditate
4. Read and listen. What is God revealing to you?
5. Read and listen. What is God calling you to do?
6. Be still, resting in God's presence.
Wednesday in Holy Week
John 13:33-35
1. Sit in silence.
2. Read the text, listening for your word or phrase.
3. Return to the silence, meditating on your word or phrase.
4. Read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be revealing to you.
5. Read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling you to do.
6. Return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
Jesus said, "Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, `Where I am going, you cannot come.' I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
1. Sit in silence.
2. Read the text, listening for your word or phrase.
3. Return to the silence, meditating on your word or phrase.
4. Read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be revealing to you.
5. Read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling you to do.
6. Return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
Tuesday in Holy Week
John 12:44-47
1. Enter the silence, quieting your mind and your heart.
2. Engage the text, listening for your word or phrase.
3. Return to the silence, meditating on your word or phrase.
4. Read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be saying or showing you.
5. Read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling you to do.
6. Return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
Then Jesus cried aloud: "Whoever believes in me believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness. I do not judge anyone who hears my words and does not keep them, for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world."
1. Enter the silence, quieting your mind and your heart.
2. Engage the text, listening for your word or phrase.
3. Return to the silence, meditating on your word or phrase.
4. Read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be saying or showing you.
5. Read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling you to do.
6. Return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
Monday in Holy Week
John 12:3-8:
1. Begin in silence, quieting your mind and your heart, becoming silent, empty, and open to God.
2. Engage the text, preferably reading it aloud to yourself, listening for a word or phrase that seems to speak to you at this moment.
3. Return to the silence, meditating on the word or phrase you have heard, and noting the thoughts or images that it brings forth.
4. Read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be saying or showing you in this passage. Listen with your heart, not your head. How does this passage touch your daily life?
5. Read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling you to do in light of this time of reflection and meditation.
6. Return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?" (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."
1. Begin in silence, quieting your mind and your heart, becoming silent, empty, and open to God.
2. Engage the text, preferably reading it aloud to yourself, listening for a word or phrase that seems to speak to you at this moment.
3. Return to the silence, meditating on the word or phrase you have heard, and noting the thoughts or images that it brings forth.
4. Read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be saying or showing you in this passage. Listen with your heart, not your head. How does this passage touch your daily life?
5. Read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling you to do in light of this time of reflection and meditation.
6. Return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
Matthew 26:69-75:
1. We begin in silence, quieting our minds and our hearts, becoming silent, empty, and open to God.
2. We engage the text, preferably reading it aloud to ourselves, listening for a word or phrase that seems to speak to us at that moment.
3. We return the silence, meditating on the word or phrase we have heard, and noting the thoughts or images that it brings forth.
4. We read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be saying or showing us in this passage. We listen with our hearts. How does this passage touch your daily life?
5. We read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling us to do in light of this time of reflection and meditation.
6. We return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant-girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." But he denied it before all of them, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about." When he went out to the porch, another servant-girl saw him, and she said to the bystanders, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." Again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the man." After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you." Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment the cock crowed. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly.
1. We begin in silence, quieting our minds and our hearts, becoming silent, empty, and open to God.
2. We engage the text, preferably reading it aloud to ourselves, listening for a word or phrase that seems to speak to us at that moment.
3. We return the silence, meditating on the word or phrase we have heard, and noting the thoughts or images that it brings forth.
4. We read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be saying or showing us in this passage. We listen with our hearts. How does this passage touch your daily life?
5. We read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling us to do in light of this time of reflection and meditation.
6. We return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
Preparing for Holy Week
This will be a variation of the tradition of Lectio Divina. The variation is very similar to the African/Lambeth Bible Study; I'll introduce a new passage from scripture each day.
We will begin in silence, quieting our minds and our hearts, using centering prayer methods, breathing exercises, the Jesus Prayer, or whatever else helps us become silent, empty, and open to God.
We'll then engage the text, preferably reading it aloud to ourselves, listening for a word or phrase that seems to speak to us at that moment.
We then re-enter the silence, meditating on the word or phrase we have heard, and noting the thoughts or images that it brings forth.
We read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be saying or showing us in this passage. This is not a time for intellectual pondering, but listening with the heart. How does this passage touch your daily life?
We read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling us to do in light of this time of reflection and meditation.
And finally, we return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
I realize that this kind of thing is not for everyone. But even if it seems a bit too "touchy feely" for you, I encourage you to use this as an opportunity to "be still and know that I am God."
Those of you who will be participating are encouraged to share your thoughts and reflections, what you "heard," in the comments.
The Rev. Terry Martin,
Vicar
We will begin in silence, quieting our minds and our hearts, using centering prayer methods, breathing exercises, the Jesus Prayer, or whatever else helps us become silent, empty, and open to God.
We'll then engage the text, preferably reading it aloud to ourselves, listening for a word or phrase that seems to speak to us at that moment.
We then re-enter the silence, meditating on the word or phrase we have heard, and noting the thoughts or images that it brings forth.
We read the passage a second time, now listening for what God might be saying or showing us in this passage. This is not a time for intellectual pondering, but listening with the heart. How does this passage touch your daily life?
We read the passage a third time, listening for what God might be calling us to do in light of this time of reflection and meditation.
And finally, we return to the silence, resting in God's presence.
I realize that this kind of thing is not for everyone. But even if it seems a bit too "touchy feely" for you, I encourage you to use this as an opportunity to "be still and know that I am God."
Those of you who will be participating are encouraged to share your thoughts and reflections, what you "heard," in the comments.
The Rev. Terry Martin,
Vicar
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