Sunday-Ps 8 hits the creation theme hard on Trinity sunday.What doe sit mean to you to frame this psalm with the word, majestic. How does it describe God, especially for worship? How do scientific images fit with majesty in your view in our time? Consider with car verses 4 and 5. what doe sit mean to be a little lower than divinity? How should tha tredound to our care of others?
Monday-Ponder the rhythms of your life: times when you've received life's good gifts (creation).... times when life has emptied you of illusions (crucifixion).... then notice connections of those experiences to your unique ways of giving back (mission)... I call this "the trinity of experience," beyond theological doctrine, now as existential movements in your lived life. (Kent Ira Groff)
Tuesday-“Because the Christian God is not a lonely God, but rather a communion of three persons, faith leads human beings into the divine communion. One cannot, however, have a self-enclosed communion with the Triune God- a "foursome," as it were-- for the Christian God is not a private deity. Communion with this God is at once also communion with those others who have entrusted themselves in faith to the same God. Hence one and the same act of faith places a person into a new relationship both with God and with all others who stand in communion with God.” ― Miroslav Volf
Wednesday-What are the prayers on your heart as we pass across the threshold into summer (or winter for our southern hemisphere monks)? What is it the season for in your own being? ( Abbey of the Arts)
Thursday-We live in a glorious and good universe in which everything fits together. Note the Genesis author does not say “perfect.” Creation is not finished, it is in process, emerging, and – dare we say – evolving (and the Genesis order of creation comes close to evolutionary theory) as each aspect seeks its proper place within the whole. Humankind is part of this wonderful and dynamic divine tapestry: we are earthy, yet created in God’s image, male and female, to be partners and stewards in creation. There is no literal “special creation” of the human species, as come biblical literalists assert against evolutionary theory; there is wise creation and interdependence, in which humanity has a special role. Bruce Epperly
Friday-We worked on notions of happiness in Wednesday class. We were reminded of a greek distinction between transient pleasures and a life worht living. the psychologist Seligman speaks of elements of happiness, pleasures, engagement, relationships, meaning, and achievements. Rank order elements of happiness along both scales in your life.
Saturday-"Courage is a crucial virtue, for once again the currents of history are churning into rapids, threatening to carry before them everything we have loved, trusted, looked to for pleasure and support. We are being called upon to live with enormous insecurity...Will we be scared to death or scared to life? It all depends on where we find our ultimate security. (William Sloane Coffin)
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