Questions
Based off Parker J. Palmer's work A Hidden Wholeness, we've chosen questions for each week of the summer. These questions will be asked during the worship service when time will be shared for silent reflection and journaling. If you cannot be at the service and would like to have your answers read, fill out the form at the end of this page and our co-Readers for each Sunday will be given your thoughts.
Responses must be submitted by noon the Friday before the appropriate Sunday.
Chapter Date Pages Questions
Chapter 1 June 28 1-11
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Where in your life do you feel most whole? Where do you feel the most divided?
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Chapter 2 July 5 13-29
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1.Think about a time when someone you know made a stand like the farmer? It can be your own story--a time when you reconnected your soul with your role.
2. Think about ways you played as a child. How does your play today compare with your imaginative childhood play? |
Chapter 3 July 12 31-49
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Make a Mobius Strip as described in the chapter. Before you attach the ends, write some of your birthright gifts on one side. On the other, write words or phrases describing how others see you -- what your image is in the world. Contemplate the completed Strip, and describe what you learn about how your inner and outer lives do/do not merge into one another.
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Chapter 4 July 19 51-69
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Have you ever been part of a community, group or relationship that "invaded or threatened" your soul or, conversely, a community, group or relationship that was hospitable to your soul?
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Chapter 5 July 26 71-87
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Let a season pick you, one that you’re intuitively drawn towards, though may not understand why. What images does this season offer you? What message or possible direction does this season call forth in you?
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Chapter 6 August 2 89-111
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What spoke to you in the Taoist tale, "The Woodcarver"? How does "The Woodcarver" intersect your life at this moment?
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Chapter 7 August 9 113-128
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Write about a time, or times, when someone tried to give you advice to fix you or your problem - or when you tried to do the same for someone else.
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Chapter 8 August 16 129-149
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Special: What question would you ask to clarify the presented dilemma?
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Chapter 9 August 23 151-165
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How would you describe your own relationship with silence or laughter (or both)?
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Chapter 10 August 30 167-186
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Write about a time you experienced being in the gap between the reality of the moment and the possibility that something better might emerge.
OR Write your reflections on the summer Wholeness services - what you learned and what it means to you; what you liked and any followup you would like to see. |