- Please find links below to the recordings and presenters' notes from the retreat.
- If you attended any of the sessions over the 3 days it would be gratefully appreciated if you could take the time to offer your feedback here.
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Recordings and Notes of the Sessions
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Session 1: The Living Word (Gray Glenn)
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Is there a certain principal from the Text which has taken on a life of its own long after the two-week session ends; becoming a regular companion, tapping on your shoulder from time to time? We will explore the quality of this tapping compared to other inner urges, sharpening discrimination. Can we be more proactive in what we feed and what we starve in our thoughts and affections?
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Participants were asked to bring an example of a Text snippet that is still sticking. For further enrichment in this preparation, they were offered
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- The Contest; I Kings 18:17-41
- The Rains relieve the drought; I Kings 18:42-46
- Jezebel’s message; I Kings 19:1-2
- Elijah flees Jezebel’s wrath; I Kings 19:3-8
- Jehovah speaks; I Kings 19:9
- Elijah’s anguish and Jehovah’s response; I Kings 19:10-18
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Session 2: It's Elephants All the Way Down (David Millar)
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What is it about a spiritual body that makes it a substantial body in contrast to a physical body and why does it matter? An exploration of the nature of spiritual substance and how a clearer understanding of this can transform our participation in life.
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"See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; handle Me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see Me have. " Lk 24:38-40.
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Session 3: The Watchman - Keeping Watch (Helen Brown)
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The Bible mentions the activity of watching or keeping watch in both Old and New Testaments. This poses the question of what is being watched and in what context. This session is divided into two sections; the first being focused on the Lord/Word as the Watchman and the second looking at human beings focus on keeping watch.
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Each section has a short introduction followed by personal space for reflection which you can follow along with as you view the recording. It could involve writing and/or drawing. Or it could be a space for just being immersed in the Word. Biblical passages are used as a structure and framework for self-reflection and participants are encouraged to go with whatever arises in the moment.
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Session 4: From Garden-Consciousness to Self-Consciousness (David Millar)
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This presentation takes a closer look at the garden of Eden and of the human that is described there. It explores the concept of the 'garden consciousness' and of the sacred work we are given in the tending and care of it. Join us as we investigate the underlying nature of our sense of self and how it changes through our participation in the Word as the basis for our spiritual life. Genesis 2:16-17. And instructing is Yahweh Elohim the human, saying, "From every tree of the garden, you are to eat, yea, eat. Yet from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you are not to be eating from it, for in the day you eat from it, to die shall you be dying.
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Session 5: Who Is Jesus Christ? (Sarah Walker)
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Jesus Christ is the Logos that is living. Jesus Christ and the Word, are one and the same. Each offers a different manifestation of the Divine Human but presents the same origin. This presentation will explore the distinction of origin and manifestation in more depth, specifically in relation to divine revelation as it unfolds and is perceived in the finite experience, and of how a confounding of the two is at the root of all human suffering.
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Session 6: Working With Dreams (David Millar)
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Due to the personal nature of the material shared, this session was not recorded except for the opening explanation of the Haden Projective Method.
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Session 7: Spiritual Pot Luck
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This session was an opportunity for representatives from each group to bring something from their work as a group to share with the wider LP community. It could be a theme, insight, shift, a summary of what's been experienced or anything else that highlights a sense of the Lord as the Word working in our collective midst.
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Session 8: Working With Sacred Scripture (Judy Robinson)
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Session 9: A Celebration of the Life Space Of The Group (Sarah Walker)
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A short guided meditation to close the retreat followed by an opportunity to chat, debrief and celebrate the good things the Lord has done in our midst.
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