I
believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I
see it, but because by it I see everything else.
~
C. S. Lewis
Family
Closeness
Game:
Alliteration
Pick
a letter at random. Go around your family taking turns to say a different word
beginning with that letter. Go around as many times as you can. Stop only when
a word is repeated or you can’t think of any more. (New Games for Community. C
Gapes)
Sharing:
Questions
for stimulating conversation at the dinner table.
Do
you find it hard to sit and do nothing? Why?
What
is your favourite place to do nothing?
Story
With
your family read: Luke 13.10-17
(for
a way of explaining/talking about this reading with children look at
http://www.sermons4kids.com/bent-out-of-shape.htm
Questions
for Discussion:
- Why was the synagogue leader upset by what Jesus did?
- Have you ever not helped someone because you were supposed to be doing something else.
Prayer
and Celebration
Prayer
Beads
Prayer
Beads can be a helpful way to be still and pray while doing 'nothing' at the
same time. Sometimes it is hard to sit and pray and we might need help stilling
ourselves. Prayer beads can be used with all different kinds of prayers as
prayer itself or to settles oneself to pray.
See
this Society of St Francis page for a way of using them. Children could use
prayer beads with simpler prayers.
(This
material is based on and draws from earlier Faithful Families emails by Stephen
Harrison and Richard Browning: An Unless Ideas Production.) Unless otherwise
noted all material on this blog is copyright Stephen Harrison and Richard
Browning
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