On previous weeks the topic of time management has been treated in different contexts, so I'd like to bring it to the forefront.
- How do we use our time every day?
- How can we be able to schedule things better to take care of both our obligations as students/workers and our spiritual life?
- How do we handle distractions or unexpected events?
- How do we find time to pray or attend mass with our often busy schedules? Do you have good strategies?
Join us and share your thoughts on this.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Saturday Meeting (2008/08/02)
From our session leader Jonathan:
This is a followup to last Saturday's discussion on the
"peace that passes all understanding".
I did a keyword search for "peace" at Biblegateway.com
and got 247 hits. Peace features consistently across the Bible
starting with Genesis and right on through Revelation.
In the New Testament, Jesus uses the word peace both
as a greeting "Peace be with you" and as a a dismissal
"... your faith has healed you. Go in peace!".
And St. Paul refers to God as the "God of peace" in (Heb 13: 20; Phil 4:9).
The 2 passages that we will discuss are:
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world
gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:27).
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Phil 4:7).
Questions:
1. What is the nature of the peace that Christ gives us?
2. How is different from the peace that the world gives us?
3. Why does this peace transcend all understanding?
4. How do we recognize Christ's peace (a) in the world in general,
(b) in others, (c) in ourselves?
This is a followup to last Saturday's discussion on the
"peace that passes all understanding".
I did a keyword search for "peace" at Biblegateway.com
and got 247 hits. Peace features consistently across the Bible
starting with Genesis and right on through Revelation.
In the New Testament, Jesus uses the word peace both
as a greeting "Peace be with you" and as a a dismissal
"... your faith has healed you. Go in peace!".
And St. Paul refers to God as the "God of peace" in (Heb 13: 20; Phil 4:9).
The 2 passages that we will discuss are:
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world
gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:27).
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Phil 4:7).
Questions:
1. What is the nature of the peace that Christ gives us?
2. How is different from the peace that the world gives us?
3. Why does this peace transcend all understanding?
4. How do we recognize Christ's peace (a) in the world in general,
(b) in others, (c) in ourselves?
August Schedule
This is our schedule for August, send Jose an email to volunteer for leading.
| 2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August | 2nd | Jonathan | Peace |
| 9th | José | Time Management | |
| 16th | TBD | TBD | |
| 23rd | Chad | TBD | |
| 30th | José | TBD | |
Farewell Party for Jon and Jeff
Some pictures from the farewell party we had for our good friends (and Fellowship founders) Jonathan and Jeff, who had now completed their Doctoral Degrees and have taken jobs out of Pittsburgh.
Thanks Alroy for hosting the party and for the pictures!
Saturday Meeting (2008/07/26)
Alroy served as our session leader. The discussion was based on letter 27 of
C.S.Lewis' The Screwtape Letters.
A summary of the letter:
Wormwood is failing, Screwtape feels, because even though the young man's love is distracting him from God, the young man knows it and is beseeching God in prayer to help him deal with the distraction. This is not good. Screwtape suggests Wormwood try to lure the man away from simple, God-directed prayers by making the man doubt whether asking God for things is appropriate at all. Perhaps he can be made to stop praying.
C.S.Lewis' The Screwtape Letters.
A summary of the letter:
Wormwood is failing, Screwtape feels, because even though the young man's love is distracting him from God, the young man knows it and is beseeching God in prayer to help him deal with the distraction. This is not good. Screwtape suggests Wormwood try to lure the man away from simple, God-directed prayers by making the man doubt whether asking God for things is appropriate at all. Perhaps he can be made to stop praying.
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