S02 Episode 02: Rhythm, Rest and the Sabbath
Abiding Together
Abiding Together
4.9 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
"The purpose of journeying together in spiritual friendship and spiritual community (whether there are just two of you or whether you are in a small group) is to listen to one another's desire for God, to nurture that desire in each other and to support one another in seeking a way of life that is consistent with that desire. " Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
In this episode we talk about busyness vs rest, choosing to live the abundant life, what recreates us and the pace which God is setting in our hearts. Heather also recounts her harrowing battle with a scorpion while Michelle single handedly fights off sharks in the ocean!
One Thing We Love This Week:
- Sr. Miriam's One thing - Engaging Hope in Seasons of Disappointment- Melissa Hessler
- Michelle's One thing - Cultivate vol. iv: Creativity Unlocked
- Heather's One thing - So Will I (100 Billion X) Amanda Cook
Group Question: 1. How do you feel about your pace of life right now? 2. Do you feel that you're really listening to your life? 3. What does an ideal sabbath day look like to you?
Journal Questions: 1. What makes you come alive? a. spiritually (prayer+sacraments) b. socially (recreation) c. creatively (experience god's awe and wonder) d. physically (food+exercise) f. community 2. What do you need to say no to in this season of life?
Quotes To Ponder: "The purpose of journeying together in spiritual friendship and spiritual community is to listen to one another's desire for God, to nurture that desire in each other and to support one another in seeking a way of life that is consistent with that desire." - Ruth Haley Barton, Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
"Present is living with your feet firmly grounded in reality, pale and uncertain as it may seem. Present is choosing to believe that your own life is worth investing deeply in, instead of waiting for some rare miracle or fairytale. Present means we understand that the here and now is sacred, sacramental, threaded through with divinity even in its plainness. Especially in its plainness." - Shauna Niequist, Present Over Perfect: Leaving behind frantic for a simpler, more soulful way of living.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Pasco Media Production. Please visit PascoMedia.com. |
| 0:07.0 | Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together Podcast where we desire to provide a |
| 0:19.8 | place of connection, rest and encouragement for all of you men and women who are on |
| 0:23.9 | the journey of living out your passion and purpose in Jesus Christ just like |
| 0:27.5 | us. My name is Sister Miriam James and I am joined by my dear friends and cohost |
| 0:32.3 | of this lovely radio or a guest podcast we just said we're not on the radio. Heather |
| 0:36.6 | Kibbid Michelle Benzinger and so we were just talking about adventures over |
| 0:40.0 | the summer and you want to do part two Heather of your adventure in with the |
| 0:45.4 | bug over the summer or do you want to save that because we're going to talk about |
| 0:48.3 | rhythm rest and Sabbath today so I don't know if you want to include that or not. |
| 0:53.6 | Well I can share the story but let me just preface it by saying I almost died. |
| 0:58.9 | Okay we're not just talking about a bug we were talking about a death-defying |
| 1:03.2 | situation that happened this summer. Michelle knows that I have a few issues with |
| 1:08.8 | bugs and things and things and things like that. So yeah anyway I went out to |
| 1:15.4 | Phoenix to visit with a couple of friends and it was wonderful we ended up |
| 1:19.5 | getting a room at this resort and you know the pictures are always better than the |
| 1:24.7 | real life thing. Well that was sort of amplified by about 20 so we get there and |
| 1:29.8 | everything is fine not quite what we had in mind but it's okay and so we'd spend |
| 1:35.7 | the day by the pool came back to our room and my friend Stacy says oh my gosh there's |
| 1:40.8 | a scorpion in here in our room and I was like okay I thought she was joking because |
| 1:46.5 | Jake and my kids were joking with me about scorpions while I was down there but it |
| 1:52.0 | turns out she wasn't joking there was actually a baby scorpion in our room and she |
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