The Fall

Last house group we continued to look at the creation stories in Genesis. The second story starts from 2.4b (or there abouts) this is generally considered to be a second creation story. This is one the one that deals with the fall - we were thinking about heaven and this story could be seen as a picture of a perfect world, before the fall. We also wondered if this story might be an attempt by the tellers to explain why the world was as it was for them, eg. hard and harsh. We also thought about the nature of Eve and Adam's sin and what it means to be "like God".

Stillness

Habit Three: Stillness |:| Embody : create : coach : venture:

"The guru of stillness was exasperated with his student. The source of this exasperation was essentially that what he was teaching didn’t exist and the student was having a hard time with that. It was more about what wasn’t there than what was. The student couldn’t really handle that; ‘So. What you’re saying is that it is a bit like this? Or like that?’. ‘No, no, not like that! Or this, for that matter. Even a bit!’ He paused and finding depths of compassion and patience asked his student, ‘Are there spaces between your thoughts?’. ‘Well yes’, the student admitted. ‘Then make them bigger’."

Christian Aid Service 11th May 2008

We had the Peace & Justice Christian service tonight. We finished standing around this table after lighting candles and saying together the prayer for Christian Aid week.

God of the rushing wind,
sweep through my indifference.

God of the fiery flames,
ignite my compassion.

God of the many voices,
open my mouth to speak out against injustice.

That through your Spirit
and my actions
this world may be transformed.
Amen.