Archives for March 2013

The Elder Son: Adult Lent Group 3

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Last Thursday many of us gathered for the third of our adult Lent group. The theme was the Elder son. He was the one who stayed at home and yet in many ways was as lost as the younger son. The first quotes, from pages 69 to 71 in the book, sparked off discussion about […]

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The Prodigal Son: Returning home.

Tuesday 12 March 2013

Here is the text of the story we used in the second Family Lent Group. Henri Nouwen, in the adults session had talked about the confusion the Son felt on his journey home, how difficult it was for him. We tried to get this sense over in the story. We told this in an active […]

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Lent Group – Session 2

Sunday 10 March 2013

Continuing with looking at Henri Nouwen’s book The Return of the Prodigal Son for our adult Lent group, for session 2 we listened to extracts from the chapter The Younger Son’s Return. In discussion we talked about Nouwen’s description of living towards a second innocence. It provides a way to go forward after we’ve experienced […]

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The son returns: Lent Family Group 2.

Saturday 9 March 2013

Our second Family Lent group took its inspiration from Henri Nouwen’s writing about the return of the Prodigal Son and specifically his quote about the son’s confusion as he makes his way home. We began by reflecting on last week and hearing the Bible passage that tells the story of the younger son’s return home. […]

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Cold Loneliness.

Tuesday 5 March 2013

After last Thursday’s adult session, looking at the return of the younger son, Karlie wrote this poem: Cold loneliness I have unravelled And I try, I try To knit a suit of armor With these ragged cords That could connect me to others Warm bandage words wrap comfort around friends But applied to contain my […]

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God or the Golden Calf?

Tuesday 5 March 2013

The Bible passage in the Office of Readings during Lent have been working through Exodus. It is a reminder to us of the link between the Passover and the rescue from Egypt and the Easter story. Today’s reading was the making of the Golden Calf. Many years ago, before Neil was ordained we went to […]

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