For all those who remember Ed Dooley from LCC. I found his twin or at least his brother. I realize that this is interesting to only a very small number of people, but it's amazing how close he looks like Ed. He laughs like Ed. They had to be brothers separated while they were really young.
Here's another picture of the class during dinner, and there is Ed, err.... I mean Igor in the bottom left corner.
Class was good today, but it seemed very long. Sergei and I finished up the pre-class assignments tonight, so that is done.
Having read them, I gain new insights into how they understand worship. But even more than that I get to see how they put that worship into practice.
One of the class papers they have to write is in the area of the Christian disciplines.
They are to document their practice by writing a 1-2 page description of why they choose the particular disciplines they did, what happened, and what they learned.
They are to document their practice by writing a 1-2 page description of why they choose the particular disciplines they did, what happened, and what they learned.
24 hour fast: Choose one day per week for at least 8 weeks.
Journal: 5 days a week for at least 8 weeks. The journal can be comprised of devotional reflections, daily experiences, written prayers, etc.
Retreat: 2 days away from your routine for the purpose of prayer and Bible meditation.
Read: through the New Testament noticing any insights into the Christian disciplines and worship.
Serve: Look for at least three opportunities to help someone who does not have the ability to help him or her, then journal about your experience.
Compassion: anonymously share a gift of money or tangible gift (food, clothing, etc.) with someone in financial need. The amount of the gift is between you and the Lord.
It's these last two that usually get to me the most. When I read about one student who gave money anonymously so her friend could buy a wedding dress. I mean what do you say. We have so much in America that we decide we need to rent storage units as large as 12x12 so that we can put the unused material things we have in our house that we aren't using and we make sure that no one else can have them either. And we store them for months on end. The apartment I was in on Sunday had one bedroom, a small living room and a tiny kitchen. 5 adults and one child live in it.
I think I'm going to go into the storage unit business.
3 comments:
The drink you had Sun night, kwas, is very popular in Ukraine, especially during hot weather. It can be homemade or bought in a store or on the street from large barrels. It is made from a starter yeast dough. When someone wants to make it at home they buy the small starter and use it to make a large batch of the drink. I asked 3 Ukrainians about it and their faces all lit up when they talked about it!
Pam
This was homemade and very good.
Perspective is a beautiful thing. Peace... grace...
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