Week 1 - Reflections and Challenges

Recipe for Week 1

Ingredients

25 Methodists with bellies filled with chili and cornbread
1 classic March snowstorm with snow, sleet, and freezing rain
1 murderous "spring ahead" daylight savings time
1 anthem "Breaking Down the Walls"
25 copies of Richard Beck's "Stranger God"

Directions

1. Make sure the 25 bellies are full, then call to begin Lenten workshop with chimes.  May not be successful the first time, so chime again, and again.
2. Gather in the Southwest classroom to begin Lenten Study.  Add chairs as needed.  
3. Begin with a practice of ten mindful breaths - "Just" on the inhale and "This" on the exhale.  Our bodies are ready.  
4. A prayer by CB brings us to the study with the Spirit at our sides.  
5. An explanation of the rules, an introduction by POH as to the reason for this choice.
6. Off we go into four small groups for 25 minutes of discussion of the Study Questions. 
7. Return to Southwest classroom to report out by Group #
8. Finish with a prayer for opening our hearts by Pastor.

Random Reflections (add yours in comment below)

"We are all, in the end, just walking each other home." 

Challenges

Every day in the week to come, take a risk and entertain one angel whom you would not normally have approached.