TEACHING
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2022
10:30 AM (kids + communion) HEARING GOD: The Contemplative Path to Hearing 1 Thessalonians 5:17 with Shel Boese In his new book Analog Christian, Jay Kim compared how society viewed cigarette smoking in the past to how we are blinded by the ways technology is harming us today, with study after study revealing the self-centric digital world decreasing contentment, resilience, and wisdom. (Digital Smoke, Analog Air). In our Hearing God Series, we are relearning how to use neglected muscles and to breathe clean air—healing air. We’re exploring the contemplative path to hearing.
PRE-TRIP REVIEW
Hearing God, Revelation: Still Speaking
ON THE ROAD Practice Makes Perfect
Three traditional Christian forms of prayer: Vocal, Meditative, and Contemplative Contemplative:
Thoughts on Contemplation
OFF RAMP Four Practices *Next Message: Guest Brad Jersak on Hearing God, Oct. 30. Then, Hearing God #3 Charismatic Paths to Hearing. April Yamasaki writes of taking sacred pauses with various spiritual practices during one’s day. Regarding silence, her suggestion is, “Sit in silence for five minutes and listen. Listen to the sounds around you—a ticking clock, the sound of the refrigerator, the rise and fall of your own breath. Let these sounds gradually fall away as you listen underneath them and around them for the cry of your own heart and soul for the voice of God” (Four Gifts, 81). For Discussion and Reflection
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