Sunday, March 3, 2019

Church back at The Gathering

It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve been here and I think it has been...
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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