A Place at the Table ~ Session 4
Session 4: The Meaning of Abundance
In Day 11’s reading, Chris uses the category of slavery to describe our situation. In what ways are we slaves?
Then Chris turns this idea of slavery on its head and suggests with Paul that our true Master is God. We are meant to be slaves of the “Eternal One,” as The Voice translation puts it. What do you think about this paradox of being a slave to the one who has liberated us from all other masters?
The reading for Day 13 starts with a quote from Blaise Pascal: “All of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room.” Can you relate? Why do we have so much trouble with this?
Day 14’s reading is all about living out of weakness rather than strength. He writes, “I dread the taste of failure or a missed opportunity. . . . One of the reasons we despise weakness in ourselves is that it forces us to rely on one another and God to find the strength to move forward.” Jesus began his movement by inviting his followers to embrace a voluntary poverty. His followers were “armed with vulnerability.” How can we make a regular habit of being in touch with our weaknesses and relying on God and others to move forward?
The readings this week end with a focus on remembering the countless times God has rescued us, just as he rescued the Israelites, and giving thanks. Again and again God parts the waters of our sin, and we walk on the dry land of his grace. How can we orient our hearts toward remembering and thanksgiving?
Video: The Things We Trust
In this film Chris says the feast is a symbol for the kingdom of God, and yet so often we eat with the TV on or otherwise fail to eat together in a way that expresses humility and thanks for how God has provided. How can we revise our table manners in a way that is suitable to those who are receiving provision from the hand of God?
Many of us have 401Ks or investments or retirement accounts. Think about Anna in this Compassion project. What is her retirement plan? In what do we trust, and in what should we trust?
In Day 11’s reading, Chris uses the category of slavery to describe our situation. In what ways are we slaves?
Then Chris turns this idea of slavery on its head and suggests with Paul that our true Master is God. We are meant to be slaves of the “Eternal One,” as The Voice translation puts it. What do you think about this paradox of being a slave to the one who has liberated us from all other masters?
The reading for Day 13 starts with a quote from Blaise Pascal: “All of man’s misfortune comes from one thing, which is not knowing how to sit quietly in a room.” Can you relate? Why do we have so much trouble with this?
Day 14’s reading is all about living out of weakness rather than strength. He writes, “I dread the taste of failure or a missed opportunity. . . . One of the reasons we despise weakness in ourselves is that it forces us to rely on one another and God to find the strength to move forward.” Jesus began his movement by inviting his followers to embrace a voluntary poverty. His followers were “armed with vulnerability.” How can we make a regular habit of being in touch with our weaknesses and relying on God and others to move forward?
The readings this week end with a focus on remembering the countless times God has rescued us, just as he rescued the Israelites, and giving thanks. Again and again God parts the waters of our sin, and we walk on the dry land of his grace. How can we orient our hearts toward remembering and thanksgiving?
Video: The Things We Trust
In this film Chris says the feast is a symbol for the kingdom of God, and yet so often we eat with the TV on or otherwise fail to eat together in a way that expresses humility and thanks for how God has provided. How can we revise our table manners in a way that is suitable to those who are receiving provision from the hand of God?
Many of us have 401Ks or investments or retirement accounts. Think about Anna in this Compassion project. What is her retirement plan? In what do we trust, and in what should we trust?
posted by ChadRAllen @ 5:53 AM
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