Faith at Home

Psalm 107:23-43 encourages us to pay attention to the particular details of our lives and to give thanks for the love and the miracles. What are you noticing in your everyday life that you are glad about? 

As we tell and retell our stories of God at work in our lives, we can strengthen our remembering muscles, grow our ability to notice the threads of the mundane miraculous, and leave a legacy for those who follow us. 

All these centuries later, a prayer-poet’s words inspire us to tell our stories. Who might your story inspire? How would you like to record your story of God at work in your life? 

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Building upon our previous listening experiences, we continue to practice listening for the voice of God. This involves paying attention to our thoughts, feelings, and experiences and then talking together.

In this conversation, we explore what we notice in the first half of one of Reade's favourite Psalms. It has several great story lines that point to times of trouble and the ways that God saved people in the midst of their trouble.

Through direct and indirect invitations, how do you notice God calling you forward as you listen to this Psalm?

Let's listen to Psalm 106:24-48 together. This can help us settle down our activated nervous systems. Listening to God, to ourselves, and to one another as we read the last half of Psalm 106 is a practice for regulating our minds. Listen along with us to find deep connection to the Divine, to seek out hope, and to feel supported in the midst of challenging times.

What do you notice as you listen along? What calls you forward?

Meditation and dialogue using the first half of Psalm 106 brings a space of attention and remembering into our days. What do you notice as you listen to this Psalm being read? What does the Life-Giving Spirit invite you towards as you listen and reflect?

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Listening to the final section of Psalm 105 stirs our sacred imaginations to experience joy at the thought of freedom after slavery. It also invites gratitude for the many ways that the Divine Family initiate in our lives and provide for us.

Do you want to hear God speak to you? There are many practices that help us to listen to our thoughts and feelings, and to the voice of the Divine, in the midst of our everyday lives.

Being in conversation with Scripture, with a skilled guide, and with the "stuff" of our everyday lives help us to settle into hearing God's voice for our everyday lives.

What do you notice as you listen along?

Are you looking for a way to pause and listen to your life and hear the voice of God?

We pause to listen using the centre section of Psalm 105 which retells the story of the Hebrew people and their years in Egypt.

There are so many things that can come to our attention in the midst of listening to Scripture and joining in dialogue with one another. What do you notice as you listen along? Take a moment to note it for yourself and share in conversation with someone else.

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Remember! Remember to remember!

Psalm 105:1-15 retells the story of the Hebrew people and their experience of relationship with God. This first section of Psalm 105 recounts early Hebrew history prior to slavery in Egypt.

As we listen together to what God might be saying to us through this practice, what do you notice?

We notice our own circumstances, and our human tendency to let the negative in our brains stick like they are velcro and the blessings slide out of our minds like they are teflon.

Practice with us to get better noticing at the dialogue between God and you!

Listening Practice with the last half of Psalm 104 brings together the natural world, our experiences of life, and God's involvement with the created world and in our experiences. Life has so many changes and in the midst of them all, God is with us!

As we listen to this Psalm we attend to the cycles of life, death, and new life. Monarch caterpillars have been living out their lives in our home, and as we were praying together while listening to this Psalm, a caterpillar became a chrysalis!

Spiritual conversation and companionship can help us navigate the changes and challenges of life. Through this podcast "Faith at Home" and our website livingfaithathome.ca, as well as online and in-person Spiritual Direction and Group Spiritual Direction events, we support everyday people to grow their relationships with God during times of change and challenge.

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There are so many details to delight in as we explore our everyday lives and as we practice listening to Psalm 104:1-18.  

The practice of listening to the Psalms helps us to attend to those details. Practicing listening to God through the Psalms helps us to calm our spirits down as we pay attention to all the little (and big) ways that God is involved in our lives. 

The first half of Psalm 104 is full of thanks and praise for God's goodness and helps us to turn toward our experiences of noticing God at work in our lives. 

What do you notice as you listen along with us?

In Psalm 103, the writer of this prayer-poem repeats the invitation to say "thank you" to God again and again. When you look back over the last 24 hours, the last 7 days, the last month, can you see any experiences of God's kindness to you?If we practice saying, "thank you, God," we can find those everyday kindnesses.

The poppies that burst out in beauty, and last but a moment.The grass of the land.The clouds as they travel by.

There is a fleetingness to our lives, but God's kindness to us is both everyday and eternal.

What do you notice as you listen along?