So... Onions...
Monday was a day of exploration and meeting. All of the participants arrived and we began the "formal" sessions. We began with some "get to know you" games and we discussed the nature of community. Community, we discovered, has 8 major characteristics.
Community is a place of:
- Safety
- Shared Wisdom
- Inclusion
- Commitment
- Intimacy and Vulnerability
- Contemplation and Self-Examination
It is a place with the ability to Fight with Grace
and a place with A Spirit
After the classroom portion we all returned to the house and met our Onion. Yes our onion. There was much wondering as to why we found an onion on our beds. Judy then took us through a meditation on the nature of an onion and how it can connect us to the Divine. The process is extremely visual and difficult to describe in this medium. It came to us from a book called The Supper of the Lamb written by a monk who became a chef. It is a great book, from the chapter that we experienced.
After supper we joined together to learn about the nature of theology and experience our first worship together. In the worship we meditated on the nature of rocks and we made for ourselves a covenant pile of stones to show our commitment and connection to each other.
After worship I had a couple of very meaningful conversations and then fell into my bed.
Today we head back to the classroom for Biblical Studies with Bill Cliff followed by History with William Acres.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Until anon.
Community is a place of:
- Safety
- Shared Wisdom
- Inclusion
- Commitment
- Intimacy and Vulnerability
- Contemplation and Self-Examination
It is a place with the ability to Fight with Grace
and a place with A Spirit
After the classroom portion we all returned to the house and met our Onion. Yes our onion. There was much wondering as to why we found an onion on our beds. Judy then took us through a meditation on the nature of an onion and how it can connect us to the Divine. The process is extremely visual and difficult to describe in this medium. It came to us from a book called The Supper of the Lamb written by a monk who became a chef. It is a great book, from the chapter that we experienced.
After supper we joined together to learn about the nature of theology and experience our first worship together. In the worship we meditated on the nature of rocks and we made for ourselves a covenant pile of stones to show our commitment and connection to each other.
After worship I had a couple of very meaningful conversations and then fell into my bed.
Today we head back to the classroom for Biblical Studies with Bill Cliff followed by History with William Acres.
Thank you for your prayers and support.
Until anon.
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