We met on Wednesday nights and read the Psalm for the coming Sunday as the inspiration for our creativity and spark for our prayer.
We used a modified Lectio Divina to focus our experience of the scripture:
One person reads the Psalm out loud, the listener paying attention to words that linger or even jump out,
Another person reads the Psalm out loud, the listener noticing what images emerge and appear.
Then, we read through the Psalm silently, noting what the scripture may be whispering directly to us.
On the tables before us we had an array of markers and pens, colorful paper, scissors and glue,
with these art supplies and a journal, we put on paper a bit of what what the Psalm was revealing to us in that sacred moment.
My creations from this experience bring me joy, so even though they are simple and look a bit silly I'm going to share them.
Psalm 118: 19-29 (CEB)
Open the gates of
righteousness for me
So I can come in
And give thanks to the Lord!
This is the Lord’s gate;
Those who are righteous enter
through it.
I thank you because you
answered me,
Because you were my saving
help.
The stone rejected by the
builders
is now the main foundation
stone!
This has happened because of
the Lord;
It is astounding in our
sight!
This is the day the Lord
acted;
We will rejoice and celebrate
in it!
Lord, please save us!
Lord, please let us succeed!
The one who enters in the
Lord’s name
Is blessed;
We bless all of you
From the Lord’s house
The Lord is God!
He has shined a light on us!
So lead the festival offering
with ropes
All the way to the horns of
the altar.
You are my God—I will give
thanks to you!
You are my God—I will lift
you up high!
Give thanks to the Lord
Because he is good,
Because his faithful love
lasts forever.
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