Spiritual Practices - Peace
Week of December 8th, 2019
The season of Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of the Christ child on Christmas and the coming again of Jesus to reign. However, Advent as a time of spiritual preparation is right in the middle of everything that is taking place in our communities, schools, and homes to prepare for Christmas as well. As a result, there may not seem like there is as much time to prepare our hearts for Christ.
During this season we are going to prepare a different type of devotional - one that invites us into the theme of the week through concrete spiritual practices you are invited to try, either by yourself, with a friend, or as a family.
Scripture for the week: Isaiah 11: 1-2,6 and Luke 1: 78-79
Reflect on these scriptures. What images come to your mind with Isaiah 11?
What does it mean to have our feet guided into the way of peace? What does this mean for us today?
Spiritual Practice: Peace Jars
Many of us have special traditions that we engage in during the season of Advent. What if we picked up a new tradition or two? Find two mason jars. In one jar put in slips of paper of the ways that you can share peace this December. It can be anything you think of. Draw one slip of paper out a day and do it as a family.
Have a second jar to hold slips of paper that represent ways that you saw peace during the month of December.
Spiritual Practice: Light
Take time this week to light an advent candle in the evening. See this as an invitation to reflect on the day. Was your day easy or hard? How did you share peace in difficult situations? What does it mean to be a child of the Prince of Peace?
Spiritual Practice: Unclutter
What is one thing that you can not do this holiday season? Is there a way to not do it as a sacred practice and in its place take time to pray for the peace of Christ in the world?
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