Monday, December 15, 2014

Small #GroupWork looking at #Christmas


Oh what a night it was 
ho ho ho to be seasonal. Regular clickers to my blog will know I reflect on life. 
The professionals call it 'reflective practice' 
I am just me. 
but 'becoming' me at the same time! 

If you have read my fumbling words here 

.... you will know I have been wrestling with Christmas 
and the impact of all the 'things' going on this seasonal time. 
And how they impact on 'the least'. 

I will share the journey of a small group looking at Christmas. 
We looked how we felt about Christmas when we were:: 
1 very young, 
2 mid life (and that could be 10 if you are 20 - or 20 if your age is 40! ... getit?) 
Thirdly we looked at the feelings 'now'. 

The subjects covered were; 
1 Toys/presents., most people felt it was big in their lives as kids but little significance since. 
2 Friends, little significance as a child but big ever since seeking independence. 
3 God, little significance as a child and teenage but now marked 10 out of 10 by all the group - fascinating 
4 Father Christmas, as a child, and 'mystery' at midlife and as an adult. Again facinating and so spiritual.

As with all these things ...... 
the bones are in the questions but the meat is in 
the sharing and revealing to others AND 
very vital it seems to me, 
revealing those inner things TO OURSELVES! 
These revelations from our individual souls 
are stories of growth and change. 
That is why I like this quote; 

"Maybe nothing is more important than that we keep track, you and I, 
of these stories of who we are and where we have come from 
and the people we have met along the way 
because it is precisely through these stories 
in all their particularity . . . 
that God makes himself known to each of us 
most powerfully and personally."

Frederick Buechner (Telling Secrets , 1991) 


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