S06 Episode 17: Word of the Year

Abiding Together

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Word of the Year

In this episode we reveal and discuss our word of the year. A few years ago, we each began the practice of praying and listening for the Lord to give us one word to focus on for the new year. It's an opportunity to dive in to what God is speaking in our individual lives and respond in intentional ways.

Sister Miriam's one thing - Love Come To Life - Melissa Helser & Molly Skaggs

Michelle's one thing - Divine Romance - Phil Wickman, Jill Simons at Pink Salt Riot

Heather's one thing - Every Sacred Sunday

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Discussion questions:

What struck you from the podcast?
Did you have a Word of the Year this past year? How did it shape you and your relationship with God?
What is your Word of the Year for the upcoming year? If you don't have one yet, how can you make time to talk to God about it this week?
How do you ask God to reveal your Word of the Year to you?
Which saints are choosing you this year?

Journal Questions:

Reflect and journal about this scripture: Isaiah 43:19. What does it speak to you personally?
What "new thing" do you hear God calling you into this year?
What spiritual journey has been the Lord been taking you on through your past Words of the Year?

Quote to Ponder - "Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.― Saint Mother Teresa

Scripture for Lectio Divina - Isaiah 43:19: Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Abiding Together podcast. Abiding together is a place where you can
0:13.4	find connection, rest and encouragement on your journey with Jesus Christ. My name is
0:18.2	Sister Miriam James Heitland and every week I am joined by two of my dearest friends,
0:23.1	Michelle Benzinger and Heather Kim. This podcast is born out of our friendship of sharing
0:28.4	all kinds of things together. Our walk with Christ, our insights, our joys, sorrows, tears
0:34.2	and laughter and you are most welcome on the journey with us. So grab a cup of coffee, settle
0:40.5	in and welcome home.
0:47.8	Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Abiding Together podcast. We hope that
0:53.3	you enjoyed our Advent series, our four interviews with some of our favorite people.
0:57.5	We got so much good feedback from that. And so we are going to once again talk about our
1:02.0	word for the year because this is coming out right before the new year. So we want you
1:05.3	to gather around and ponder your word for the year as well. But as usual, I want to
1:11.0	welcome my dear friends and I just want to say Michelle and Heather, even though Michelle and I
1:15.0	were together last week or a couple weeks ago in Louisiana, I've missed the two of you. I miss
1:20.4	you guys. I know. And so yeah, we'll be together in just a little while, all three of us.
1:26.5	Yeah. Phoenix for SLS. So yeah, exciting. Just get ready for lots of snuggles with me.
1:32.2	Yeah. I'm sorry, Michelle. I'm just going to have to get over it. Just like I'll pile on the couch
1:37.3	somewhere. Even though it's going to be 10,000 people at SLS, we're just going to pile on the couch
1:40.2	somewhere just like talk for a bit. Yeah. Exactly. If you see us, that's what's going on.
1:44.4	Yeah. We can bond with some personal space. Thank you very much. Anyway, really funny when you hear
1:49.5	my word of the year. Oh gosh. Speaking of personal space, Heather, you've talked about your house,
1:55.2	how's your house coming along? Oh, we're getting close. So we, as I mentioned, we sold our house
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