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haikureflections on Sabbath and creation care

Sophia AgtarapTHEO6930: Autumn Quarter

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conten s3-6: Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: Ceasing, Resting,Embracing, Feasting by Marva Dawn

7: Dogmatics in Outline by Karl Barth

8-11: For the Beauty of the Earth by Steven Bouma-Prediger

12-13: Creation and Fall by Deitrich Bonhoeffer

14-15: Worship, Community and the Triune God of Graceby James B. Torrance

16: We Drink From Our Own Wells by Gustavo Gutierrez

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ceasing workCease

stop your laboringto cease, rest, embrace, feast is

to delight in God

If observing Sabbath is to delight in God, what are those practices that mighthelp us cease, rest, embrace and feast?

Kiddush

welcome the Sabbath

with its radiance we feel

blessing on our lives

When was the last time you observed Sabbath? Do you have any particularrituals that you practice?

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restingAugustine, in his Confessions wrote: You have made us for yourself, O Lord,and our heart is restless until it rests in you. Allow yourself time to rest in God

and refrain from working more than we are called to; from pushing ourselvesoutside of our limits.

Spiritual rest [Martin Luther]

once we cease from work

we are reminded that Godalone has done it

Restless

my soul is restless

Word of God speak rest to me

For alone I cant

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embracing

Isaiah56: 6-7

Hold to my promise

And my Sabbath keep holyJoy I give you now

Set apart

I am set apart

With intention I will keep

Your life-giving ways

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feastingForetaste

G-d you are present

Reminding us that Sabbath

Is yet a foretaste

InvitationThe great Creator

Invites us to refrain from

Into Sabbath rest

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dogmaticsI: The Task [Proclaim]

CHURCH! Proclaim the word!

What are we to think and sayIf not from Scripture?

II: Faith as Trust [grace]

The word of grace is

A meeting with the triune

Freely given us

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VII: God the Creator [creation]Creation is grace

In reverence we pause at

This great mystery

X: Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is LordNot an idea but truth

Fullled. Living. Here.

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for the beauty

Genesis 1

In the beginning

Your spirit swept over her

Like a rushing wind

HomeEarth is home for all

Blessed by the same creatorWholly loved by God.

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for the beauty

First BornChrist, rst born of all

In you all things came to be

Imago Dei

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Redeemer

One divine drama

Creation and redemptionChrist is the agent

Steven Bouma-Prediger writes, There is no dichotomy between the God whocreates and the God who redeems. [131]. Therefore, salvation is not escape fromthe earth, but redemption of it. How are we called to respond?

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for the beauty

Gods future

See another sight

Now gone are the things of old

Shalom is here. Rest.

Home

This world is not home?

Think again you false prophetsWe are caretakers

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We understand 'Shalom' as peace, reconciliation, things being made right andwhole. What are those things you hope to be made whole again?

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for the beauty

TrinityThe good news is goodBecause God is three in one:Communion of love

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Just do

To be is to do

And in doing we becomeConscious of being

Aristotle concluded that: virtues, especially moral virtues, are formed by habitualbehavior. What habits are forming who you are?

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creation & fallGod ActsCreator is nowPreserver of creationTo a fallen world

DesireWe are like Adam

Desiring beyond limitsThat lead us to death

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creation & fall

CenterHumankinds centerKnows nothing outside itselfCome, Christ source of life.

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Adam

Seek God and seek life

Adam seeks only AdamQuell our longing, God

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worshipLeitourgosLeader of worshipCall us with senses openInto communion

Perichoresis

Father. Son. Spirit

You are love, harmoniousUnite us again

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worship

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The Lords supper

The table is set

Meet us at your table, Lord

Help us remember

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wellsFill our wells, oh God

With living encounters ofThe God incarnate

Theology lived

A reection of our faith

Life in the Spirit

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Denounce injustice

And align with Gods preferred

Welcome the Kingdom

The poor are victims

Real people who deal with life

We are so alike