I probably won’t buy a house before I move out of 655 Princess, but who knows.
Church @ The Gathering
Transfiguration Sunday
Announcements
Events,
New songs
Sue Beare
-Military history as a chaplain
Be still: Christian spiritual practices
Intn’l groups with Canadian subsets
Every spiritual tradition in the world has an aspect of mysticism to it
She has a bunch of tables of examples
Traditions, explanations and crossover
Light is a big crossover thing
She has many whale related things in her life
The obstinate Jonah
The music bowl, smooth if you’re calm
The tale of Pooh and the tale of piglet
Start somewhere
Silence is necessary
Tactile learners
Mary as the healthy feminine archetype
Story of her ordination: Feast of the nativity of John the Baptist
The picture of Mary
Apostles bells
“An angel got his wings”
Beeswax smells great,
(As an aside, Sue is presenting this as super accessible, I hope that we get to see her lead us again, since it’s a really good opportunity to introduce someone to the Gathering)
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Julian of norich
-she had a window to the world and a window to the altar
40 days is tied with lent, but it’s just long enough to get you through a month to start new habits
Rosie the riveter
-sue was an airframe tech
Don’t push yourself when you’re trying for silence
Edward Hayes the author
A Roman Catholic monk,
Addresses and handouts
The finger labyrinth
Keeping you focused on something other than your thoughts
We need to engage all the parts of our bodies
Contemplating the cross
-Pope francis commissioned a cross
Pima cheodrin
Buddhist author in New Brunswick?
How we meditate and draw ourselves away,
How we treat other people
Pigorean chant - Grunt
Boutin is the author
“Pig Latin”
The grumpy guide to life
Mindfulness
The catchword
Mindful games activity cards
The app Calm just came out
Lottery of the hours
We did a 5 minute meditation
It was not unpleasant
Different things
A mattress to keep your feet warmer h
Sue uses I rest
A guided meditation more than a silent meditation
Available as an mp3, a podcast
The handout we got was
Canadian Christian meditation community
A subset of the World community for Christian meditation
Www.wccm-Canada.ca
Lisa’s stuff she brought
Her favourite book is
Soul Feast, all about the Christian tradition
Lactio devina, basically studying scripture.
A less interlctual approach, slowly reading out a short passage 3 times, and then afterward asking what word stood out for you
A more intuitive and contemplative way to engage with scripture.
That’s all for now!
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