Sally offers this Friday Five over at Rev Gals:
This week I took some time out to stop and walk and take in the view; my son Chris is studying in one of the most beautiful parts of the country, too often we simply drive up there, turn around and come home! This time Tim and I took time out to take in the view. It occurs to me that we need to do that more in life....
With that in mind I offer you this weeks Friday Five:
1. How important is the "big picture" to you, do you need a glimpse of the possibilities or are you a details person?
I would like to think of myself as a combination of the two. After serving on a "vision team" for our local Lutheran camp a few years ago, however, I discovered that I am much more of a details person. The whole "cast a big vision" thing turned out to be enormously frustrating for me. Not sure if this is a good thing for a pastor to admit, but there you go.
2. If the big picture is important to you how do you hold onto it in the nitty gritty details of life?
I'm reversing this question: since I'm more into details, how do I remember the big picture? Ummm...I'm working on this. Mostly it involves taking a lot of deep breaths and trying to slow down.
3. Name a book, poem, psalm, piece of music that transports to to another dimension ( one....what am I thinking....)
It is hard to narrow it down. But for the sake of brevity (and the sermon I should be working on), I'll mention one of my very, very favorite pieces of music: Appalachian Spring, by Aaron Copeland. Love, love, love that work.
4.Thinking of physical views, is there somewhere that inspires you, somewhere that you breathe more easily?
Holden Village. If you can't slow down and breathe and be inspired there, then you must be dead.
5. A picture opportunity...
In case you doubt my words about Holden, here's a peek at its surroundings. And yes, I totally stole this from their website here. If you have never been there, you need to go. Check out their Partners in Ministry program for a low-cost visit offered to clergy.
No, they do not pay me to say this.
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6 comments:
Gorgeous view!! Git going on that sermon now! ;-)
Janice
First, LOVE the Copland. Second, the Jack Nicholson quote in your profile made me spray a mouthful of water on my desk. :-)
That is a gorgeous view--I keep reading people talking about this place, and now I get it.
And I'm with you on the big picture/details problem. I constantly have to work hard on seeing the big picture, and I'm frankly just not that good at having a grand vision for the congregation. Much better at figuring out what should happen for the prayer in worship this Sunday. Speaking of...I should get to work.
Hi again--I heard some version of the mirror story on several different episodes of "Speaking of Faith" (Krista Tippett, Public Radio). It's part of the whole "tikkun olam" concept, that we're here to repair the world. If you go to the 12/07 archive and look up the transcript of "Listening Generously," there's a version of the story there, using light instead of a mirror. I think the mirror one involved a dialogue between Khaled Abu el-Fadl and... umm...Rabbi Harold Schulweis? Not positive about that. Hope this helps!
P.S. I linked to you; OK? If not, holler! :-)
Hey, Shalom--come back to the Reef for some exegesis: http://choralreef.blogspot.com/2008/06/finally-enough-cowbell.html
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