Ongoing Burlington Airport Mezzanine
Stop by and visit this display of area history from the perspective of the First Peoples the next time you dare to go to the airport! Our meeting has supported this exhibit, along with the New England Yearly Meeting's Legacy Fund and many others.
Sunday 21 February and 28 February, 9:00 am Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/98342786657.
The next Adult Education workshops will be held at 9:00 AM on Sunday 21 February and Sunday 28 February. We will discuss forgiveness and mercy.
To consider these topics, we invite you into the practice of Lectio Divina. This derives from a monastic discipline of reading scripture, prayer, and meditation. It fosters communion with God and a deepened sense of God's leading.
Needless to say, be faithful to what you know experimentally. "Translate" the text from the Bible using your own spiritual lexicon.
To begin the conversation about forgiveness, we will examine the "Lord's Prayer" that follows the disciples' request in the Gospels to Jesus to teach them how to pray. See Matthew 6:9; Luke 11:2.
Settling into Silence: Read the prayer slowly and carefully; Have a conversation with God about it: What arises in the text for you?; Dwell upon a spiritual reality within it; Consider how God may be calling you to act.
Also, on the subject of forgiveness, here are some suggestions for journaling: For you personally, what does it mean to forgive?
Here is a link for additional citations in the Bible about forgiveness: https://www.openbible.info/topics/forgiveness
To continue the conversation with the subject of mercy, please read Psalm 23, using Lectio Divina to enter into the text.
Settling into Silence: Read the Psalm slowly and carefully; Have a conversation with God about it: What arises in the text for you?; Dwell upon a spiritual reality within it; Consider how God may be calling you to act.Here are some questions for journaling:
Here are additional citations in the Psalms for mercy: 6:2, 9:13, 25:16, 27:7, 30:10, 31:9, 51:1, 86:16, 123:3. In the New Testament, see also: Matthew 15:22; 17:15; 20:30f; Mark 10:46; Luke 18:9-14.
We look forward to a Friendly conversation about forgiveness and mercy.
Johnny Coffin, Elisabeth Lehr, Martha A. Penzer