Hi there SSD family - and OMA (smile) Kinsey - thanks for doing this. Hey - who got a snack at 10:30 this morning!! Hope you are all doing well and reentering life at home! Miss you all.
here is the entry as I had posted on my blog:
I woke up this morning - at the same time I woke up all week in Colorado Springs - but I didn't need to grab my binder, my notebook and most of all my Bible..... at least not for class. School of Spiritual Direction - who would have thought that it would have been so incredibly hard but so incredibly wonderful. I think I have already begun to mourn the fact that I have had to say good-bye to our "little family of SSD class 33" who were in intense relationship last week - that we would grow to love one another and become a "community" in the true sense of the word. A community that Dr. Larry Crabb talked about in one of the books we read prior to going - Becoming a True Spiritual Community. Honestly, I think every person, every church board of elders and councils and whatever else church leadership teams call themselves - this should become a MUST READ.
It really doesn't matter if you . . .
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Joy,
ReplyDeletethanks for your post. I agree with your thought regarding True Spiritual Community being a must read. It is hard to imagine being in a leadership position without appling these principals ..... Having experienced two churches that 'lead' with legalism I found that it is not a good place to be when you are in a crisis.
Thank you for sharing with me your Red Dot with me the other evening after dinner. I see in you a kind and gentle spirit that will serve you well as you travel thru the pain and struggles you are facing with your family.
Ron
Wow, this is the first time I ever blogged! I really want to stay in touch with everyone. I have had several opportunities already where people close to me have shared difficult journeying realities. Like Ron wrote elsewhere - I don't want to fall into old habits. Rather, I want more of God! Now I sit and listen and admit my inadequacy to God, and beg Him to help me connect with the people I love!I wish I could say I have had amazing conversations. Not yet.....
ReplyDeleteI'm new to blogging too. It was so good to be with you all, and I do want to stay in touch as much as possible and share in your journeys from afar. I am not yet back in England but enjoying the beautiful fall colours in Pennsylvania.
ReplyDeleteI have been in a situation since leaving the SSD where a friend shared her family situation and the difficulties in her life and I so longed to be able to make it a 'conversation that mattered.' But although I was curious and concerned about her she was not curious enough to ask me for input, so I just sat and listened and prayed. There will be another opportunity tomorrow - with someone else - and I am praying that I will be able to really connect with a precious young woman in need, and that the Holy Spirit will be in complete control. It is a learning curve isn't it? So much to learn.
By the way, I have read the book on the church that Larry gave us all - it is an amazing book and I have started again at the beginning already. Should keep me well occupied for the seven hours flying back across the Atlantic on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteRuth,
ReplyDeleteI was struck by the power of what you wrote ....
"Now I sit and listen and admit my inadequacy to God"