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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